Patent ID: 7298709

Claim:
A network transfer communication device which transfers electronic information from a first communication device to a second communication device, the network transfer communication device comprising: an information abstracting means to abstract communication condition information from the transfer request information received from said second communication device, a communication condition setting means to set communication condition according to the information abstracted by said information abstracting means, an electronic information receiving means to receive said electronic information from said first communication device according to the setting condition set in said communication condition setting means, and a communication controlling means to execute communication control for transferring said electronic information to said second communication device according to the condition set in said communication condition setting means, wherein said communication condition contains a valid/invalid setting which indicates whether said electronic information receiving means is allowed to search said first communication device for receiving said electronic information, and if said valid/invalid setting is a valid setting indicating that said electronic information receiving means is allowed, said electronic information receiving means performs a receiving operation to receive said electronic information.