COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
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Abstract
Image data communication equivalent to facsimile communication using a public network is realized on e-mail communication. When a communication apparatus for transmitting/receiving e-mail data by connecting to the Internet is to communicate e-mail data having facsimile-format image data attached, communication concerning functional information is performed in addition to the communication of the e-mail data. The functional information can be exchanged by an optimum method matching the form of connection to the Internet. This allows maximum utilization of the capability of each apparatus function in facsimile image communication using e-mail.
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100 Claims
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1-52. -52. (canceled)
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53. A communication apparatus comprising:
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first connecting means for connecting to a local area network and/or second connecting means for connecting to a wide area network;
first communicating means for transmitting/receiving electronic mail data by connecting to the Internet by one of said first and second connecting means; and
means for receiving information on delivery confirmation by said first communicating means, wherein when said first communicating means communicates electronic mail data having image data attached, a communication result report is output which indicates one of information representing that communication of image information is successful, information representing that communication of image information has failed, information representing that a communication result of image information is unverified, and information representing that the electronic mail data has been communicated by attaching image data corresponding to the most common one of image data standards. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 57, 97, 98)
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56. A communication apparatus comprising:
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first communicating means for transmitting/receiving electronic mail data by connecting to the Internet; and
second communicating means for performing facsimile communication by connecting to a wide area network, wherein when said first communicating means communicates electronic mail data having image data attached, a communication result report is output which indicates one of information representing that communication of image information is successful, information representing that communication of image information has failed, information representing that a communication result of image information is unverified, and information representing that the electronic mail data has been communicated by attaching image data corresponding to the most common one of image data standards, and, when said second communicating-means performs communication, a communication result report indicating one of information representing that communication of image information is successful and information representing that communication of image information has failed is output. - View Dependent Claims (99)
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58. A communication method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting/receiving electronic mail data by connecting to the Internet; and
outputting, when electronic mail data having image data attached is communicated, a communication result report which indicates one of information representing that communication of image information is successful, information representing that communication of image information has failed, information representing that a communication result of image information is unverified, and information representing that the electronic mail data has been communicated by attaching image data corresponding to the most common one of image data standards. - View Dependent Claims (60)
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59. A communication system comprising:
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means for transmitting/receiving electronic mail data by a plurality of communication apparatuses connected to the Internet; and
means for outputting, from said communication apparatuses, when electronic mail data having image data attached is communicated, a communication result report indicating one of information representing that communication of image information is successful, information representing that communication of image information has failed, information representing that a communication result of image information is unverified, and information representing that the electronic mail data has been communicated by attaching image data corresponding to the most common one of image data standards.
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61-96. -96. (canceled)
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100. (canceled)
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