EP0895390A2
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System for linking fax and e-mail
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1998-07-31
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-07-31
Abstract
Abstract Facsimile image data received from a normal facsimile apparatus connected to a general telephone network can be transmitted as an e-mail to the e-mail address of a computer network such as a LAN or the like designated by the source facsimile apparatus. An apparatus has a LAN I/F (6-14) for connecting to the LAN, and a line I/F (6-6) for connecting to the public telephone network. Upon reception of a remote instruction from the public telephone network, a CPU (6-3) converts received facsimile image data into e-mail data, and transmits the converted e-mail data to the e-mail address designated by the received remote instruction.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenzo Sekiguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 21:09
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L51/00; H04L51/06; H04L51/066; H04L51/21; H04L51/214; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00127; H04N1/00204; H04N1/00209; H04N1/00212; H04N1/00214; H04N1/0022; H04N1/00962; H04N1/00973; H04L51/48; H04L69/00; H04L69/08; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0008; H04N2201/0065; H04N2201/0068; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0086; H04N2201/0093; H04N2201/0094
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 39
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A communication apparatus comprising: means for connecting a computer network such as a
local area network, Internet, and the like; means for connecting to a public telephone network; facsimile reception means for receiving facsimile
image data via the public telephone network; means for receiving transfer destination
information of e-mail data from the public telephone
network; conversion means for converting the received
facsimile image data into an e-mail data format; and transmission means for designating an e-mail
destination of the computer network on the basis of the
received transfer destination information, and
transmitting the e-mail data converted by said
conversion means to the designated destination.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
49 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said
transmission means comprises destination designation
means for designating the e-mail destination of the
computer network on the basis of the received transfer
destination information, and postoffice designation
means for designating a desired postoffice in an e-mail
server of the computer network.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
64 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the
transfer destination information and password
information are received from the public telephone
network, it is checked if e-mail transfer destination
information corresponding to the transfer destination
information is set in advance and if the received
password information matches password information set in
advance, and the converted e-mail data is transmitted in
accordance with the checking results.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further
comprising: storage means for registering in advance e-mail
address information of the e-mail destination in
correspondence with numeral information, and wherein the transfer destination information is
received as numeral information, and the address
information of the e-mail destination corresponding to
the received numeral information is read out from said
storage means to designate the e-mail destination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the
password information is received as numeral information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the
transfer destination information is received by a tone
signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the
tone signal is a DTMF signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, further
comprising: means for selecting whether the public telephone
network is released or facsimile reception via the
public telephone network is started, when the transfer
destination information and a signal related to a
facsimile communication are not received within a
prescribed time for monitoring signal reception from the
public telephone network after call reception from the
public telephone network.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the
transfer destination information is received by a
protocol signal of a facsimile communication protocol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the
password information is received by a protocol signal of
a facsimile communication protocol.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the
protocol signal of the facsimile communication protocol
is a subaddress signal or selective polling signal of
the T.30 recommendation.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the
protocol signal of the facsimile communication protocol
is a password signal of the T.30 recommendation.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
94 words
A communication method for a communication
apparatus which is connected to a computer network such
as a local area network, Internet, or the like, and a
public telephone network, and has a facsimile
communication function, comprising the steps of: receiving a remote instruction from the public
telephone network; receiving facsimile image data via the public
telephone network; converting the received facsimile image data into
an e-mail data format; and designating an e-mail destination of the computer
network in accordance with the received remote
instruction, and transmitting the converted e-mail data
to the designated destination.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method according to claim 13, wherein the
remote instruction includes transfer destination
information and password information of e-mail data, it
is checked if e-mail transfer destination information
corresponding to the transfer destination information is
set in advance and if the received password information
matches password information set in advance, and the
converted e-mail data is transmitted in accordance with
the checking results.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method according to claim 14, further
comprising the step of: designating the e-mail destination of the computer
network on the basis of the received transfer
destination information, and designating a desired
postoffice in an e-mail server of the computer network.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method according to claim 14, further
comprising the steps of: registering in advance e-mail address information
of the e-mail destination in storage means in
correspondence with numeral information, and receiving the transfer destination information as
numeral information, and reading out the address
information of the e-mail destination corresponding to
the received numeral information from said storage means
to designate the e-mail destination.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the
password information is received as numeral information.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the
transfer destination information is received by a tone
signal.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method according to claim 18, wherein the tone
signal is a DTMF signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
66 words
The method according to claim 14, further
comprising the step of: selecting whether the public telephone network is
released or facsimile reception via the public telephone
network is started, when the transfer destination
information and a signal related to a facsimile
communication are not received within a prescribed time
for monitoring signal reception from the public
telephone network after call reception from the public
telephone network.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the
transfer destination information is received by a
protocol signal of a facsimile communication protocol.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 14, wherein the
password information is received by a protocol signal of
a facsimile communication protocol.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 21, wherein the
protocol signal of the facsimile communication protocol
is a subaddress signal or selective polling signal of
the T.30 recommendation.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 22, wherein the
protocol signal of the facsimile communication protocol
is a password signal of the T.30 recommendation.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
111 words
A storage medium which stores a computer program
executed by a computer of a communication apparatus
which is connected to a computer network such as a local
area network, Internet, or the like, and a public
telephone network, and has a facsimile communication
function, said computer program having: processing of receiving a remote instruction from
the public telephone network; processing of receiving facsimile image data via
the public telephone network; processing of converting the received facsimile
image data into an e-mail data format; and processing of designating an e-mail destination of
the computer network in accordance with the received
remote instruction, and transmitting the converted
e-mail data to the designated destination.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
63 words
The medium according to claim 25, wherein the
remote instruction includes transfer destination
information and password information of e-mail data, it
is checked if e-mail transfer destination information
corresponding to the transfer destination information is
set in advance and if the received password information
matches password information set in advance, and the
converted e-mail data is transmitted in accordance with
the checking results.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
44 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has: processing of designating the e-mail destination of
the computer network on the basis of the received
transfer destination information, and designating a
desired postoffice in an e-mail server of the computer
network.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
68 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has: processing of registering in advance e-mail address
information of the e-mail destination in storage means
in correspondence with numeral information, and processing of receiving the transfer destination
information as numeral information, and reading out the
address information of the e-mail destination
corresponding to the received numeral information from
said storage means to designate the e-mail destination.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
21 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has processing of receiving the
password information as numeral information.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
23 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has processing of receiving the
transfer destination information by a DTMF signal.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
69 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has: processing of selecting whether the public
telephone network is released or facsimile reception via
the public telephone network is started, when the
transfer destination information and a signal related to
a facsimile communication are not received within a
prescribed time for monitoring signal reception from the
public telephone network after call reception from the
public telephone network.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
28 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has processing of receiving the
transfer destination information by a protocol signal of
a facsimile communication protocol.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
27 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has processing of receiving the
password information by a protocol signal of a facsimile
communication protocol.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
31 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has processing of receiving the
transfer destination information by a subaddress signal
or selective polling signal of the T.30 recommendation.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
26 words
The medium according to claim 26, wherein said
computer program further has processing of receiving the
password information by a password signal of the T.30
recommendation.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
112 words
A communication system including a communication
apparatus which is connected to a computer network such
as a local area network, Internet, or the like, and a
public telephone network, and has a facsimile
communication function, and an e-mail server of the
computer network, wherein said communication apparatus receives
facsimile image data via the public telephone network
upon reception of a remote instruction from the public
telephone network, converts the received facsimile image
data into an e-mail data format, and transmits the
e-mail data by designating an e-mail destination in
accordance with the received remote instruction, and said e-mail server receives the transmitted e-mail
data in a postoffice corresponding to the e-mail
destination.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
52 words
A communication apparatus comprising: (a) means for connecting various types of networks
which have unique format and address respectively; (b) means for receiving information data with
destination address data via said networks; (c) means for changing a format of said
destination address data into another format
corresponding to another type of network.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus according to claim 37, wherein said
types of networks include a computer network such as a
local area network.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus according to claim 37, wherein said
types of networks include a public telephone network.
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