Patent ID: 7227660

Claim:
A communication apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving a plurality of image data and accompanying communication information; primary storage means for temporarily storing said image data and communication information, said primary storage means being adapted for high-speed forwarding; secondary storage means having a storage capacity greater than that of said primary storage means; forwarding means for converting said image data to a standard format and forwarding said standard format image data together with said communication information; network communication means connected to a server apparatus via a network for transmitting said standard format image data together with said communication information to said server apparatus; and retransmitting means operable in case of a failure of transmission, wherein said retransmitting means saves said image data and communication information stored in said primary storage means in said secondary storage means, deletes said image data from said primary storage means, converts the saved image data into a standard format, retransmits the standard format image data together with said communication information to said server apparatus and repeats retransmission in case of a failure of the preceding retransmission.