Patent ID: 7111068

Claim:
A communication control apparatus, comprising: a first interface connected to a network that is controlled by a server in accordance with a HTTP protocol; a second interface connected to an Internet facsimile apparatus that transmits e-mail data in accordance with a SMTP protocol; a SMTP processor that controls communication with the Internet facsimile apparatus in accordance with the SMTP protocol; a HTTP processor that controls communication with the server in accordance with the HTTP protocol; an e-mail communicator that receives the e-mail data from the Internet facsimile apparatus under the control of the SMTP processor; a processor that produces command data for the server based upon the e-mail data received from the Internet facsimile apparatus; and a communicator that transmits the command data produced by the processor and the e-mail data received from the Internet facsimile apparatus to the server under the control of the HTTP processor.