Relaying destination and designation system

Claim 1

A system for transmitting fax data comprising: a plurality of stations each capable of sending and receiving facsimile data; wherein at least one of said stations may act as a relay station having a store and sequential transmission function and which further comprises: means for converting a telephone number of a destination station to a telephone number of the relay station as a reference; and further wherein at least one of said stations operates as a transmitting station wherein said transmitting station comprises: means to transmit to said station acting as a relay station, relay station conversion instruction data having valid data for validating a conversion function, of the facsimile apparatus, at the station acting as a relay station and conversion invalid data for invalidating said conversion data such that said conversion valid data is provided when the telephone number of a destination station is to be specified, with the transmitting station as a reference or to add said conversion invalid data to the telephone number of a destination station, when the telephone number of the destination is to be specified with the relay station as a reference; and further wherein said station acting as a relay station comprises: means to convert the telephone number by said means for converting if said conversion valid data is not added to the telephone number of the destination or not to convert the telephone number if said conversion valid data is added to the telephone number.

Claim 2

A system for transmitting fax data comprising: a plurality of stations each capable of sending and receiving facsimile data; wherein at least one of said stations may act as a relay station having a store and sequential transmission function and which further comprises: means for converting a telephone number of a destination station to a telephone number of the relay station as a reference; and further wherein at least one of said stations operates as a transmitting station wherein said transmitting station comprises: means to transmit to said station acting as a relay station, relay station conversion instruction data having valid data for validating a conversion function, of the facsimile apparatus, at the station acting as a relay station and conversion invalid data for invalidating said conversion data such that said conversion valid data is provided when the telephone number of a destination station is to be specified, with the transmitting station as a reference or to add said conversion invalid data to the telephone number of a destination station, when the telephone number of the destination is to be specified with the relay station as a reference; and further wherein said station acting as a relay station comprises: means to convert the telephone number by said means for converting if said conversion valid data is not added to the telephone number of the destination or not to convert the telephone number if said conversion valid data is added to the telephone number.