Patent ID: 8665459

Claim:
A multifunction peripheral communicable with an information processor via a communication network, comprising: image data receiving means for receiving image data via the communication network; image data storage means for storing the image data received by the image data receiving means; reception information transmitting means for transmitting, to the information processor, reception information including sender's information of the image data received by the image data receiving means; control information receiving means for receiving, from the information processor, control information including a first process to be executed on the image data received according to details of the reception information; and sections control means for causing, according to the control information, the first process to be executed on the image data stored in the image data storage means, the reception information including a type of reception specifying a facsimile, an Internet facsimile, or an e-mail, each of which is a reception method of the image data received by the image data receiving means, the control information being managed in a control information managing table of the information processor, the control information managing table including the sender's information, the type of reception, and the control information in such a manner that (i) the sender's information and the type of reception and (ii) the control information are associated with each other, and the first process is transmitting, printing, deleting or storing.