Patent ID: 7199906

Claim:
An Internet facsimile gateway device connected to a telecommunication network and the Internet, comprising: an image-information transmitting unit that transmits image information included in an electronic mail message to a facsimile device by facsimile transmission over the telecommunication network that is not the Internet, when said Internet facsimile gateway device receives said electronic mail message requesting image-information transmission to the facsimile device; a delivery-confirmation-mail creating unit that creates a delivery-confirmation mail message notifying a result of the image-information transmission after the image-information transmission by said Internet facsimile gateway device is completed, if said electronic mail message requests said Internet facsimile gateway device to transmit the delivery-confirmation mail message to an original address of said electronic mail message; and a delivery-confirmation-mail transmitting unit that transmits the delivery-confirmation mail message to the original address of said electronic mail message.