Patent ID: 8054486

Claim:
A facsimile apparatus that has a line interface for facsimile communication and that is capable of communicating with a host computer through a remote host computer interface and a local host computer interface, the facsimile apparatus comprising: an interface recognizing unit for recognizing whether the facsimile apparatus is connected to the host computer through the remote host computer interface, and for recognizing whether the facsimile apparatus is connected to the host computer through the local host computer interface; a facsimile data transferring unit for transferring facsimile data to the host computer through the remote host computer interface at least in a case that the interface recognizing unit recognizes that the facsimile apparatus is connected to the host computer through the remote host computer interface and recognizes that the facsimile apparatus is not connected to the host computer through the local host computer interface, and for transferring facsimile data to the host computer through the local host computer interface at least in a case that the interface recognizing unit recognizes that the facsimile apparatus is connected to the host computer through the local host computer interface and recognizes that the facsimile apparatus is not connected to the host computer through the remote host computer interface; a receiving unit for receiving identification information of the host computer connected through the remote host computer interface, from a host computer connected through the local host computer interface; a storing unit for storing the received identification information of the host computer as a transfer destination of the facsimile data; and a registration unit for registering the transfer destination in the storing unit in a case that the interface recognizing unit recognizes that the facsimile apparatus is connected to the host computer through the remote host computer interface and not performing registering of the transfer destination in the storing unit in a case that the interface recognizing unit recognizes that the facsimile apparatus is not connected to the host computer through the remote host computer interface.