Internet facsimile and control method thereof and communication instruction terminal

• US 20070208931A1
• Filed: 01/30/2007
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Koue, Toshiaki, Suzuki, Soh, Takada, Makoto
• Granted Patent: US 7,865,714 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/150
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00206 Transmitting or receiving computer data via an image communication device, e.g. a facsimile transceiver H04N1/00236 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00217 only involving computer data transmission protocols, e.g. SMTP, WAP or HTTP communication protocol aspects and techniques in packet data networks H04L69/00; network-specific arrangements or communication protocols supporting networked applications H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32016 according to the caller's identification, e.g. fax number H04N1/3201 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32411 Handling instructions for routing or relaying
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4413 involving the use of passwords, ID codes or the like, e.g. PIN
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4433 to an apparatus, part of an apparatus or an apparatus function
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

In an Internet fax, to receive an electronic mail document for fax transfer, if a password related to a control command for indicating a facsimile communication function is encrypted and set in the destination field or the main body of the received electronic mail, the encrypted password is decrypted and using the decrypted password, facsimile transfer of the electronic mail document is executed following the control command.

Claims

1. An Internet facsimile for transmitting and receiving data through a network and transmitting and receiving facsimile data through a public switched telephone network, the Internet facsimile comprising:

a section for converting image data and document data in electronic mail received from the network into facsimile data and transmitting the facsimile data to a facsimile of a destination through the public switched telephone network; and

a communication information notification section for sending information concerning the transmission source of the electronic mail to the destination facsimile.

2. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication information notification section transmits an electronic mail address of the transmission source of the electronic mail to the destination facsimile as transmission source information of facsimile communications.

3. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication information notification section transmits an electronic mail address of the transmission source of the electronic mail to the destination facsimile together with information concerning the Internet facsimile.

4. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication information notification section transmits information indicating that the facsimile data is relayed in transfer by the Internet facsimile to the destination facsimile, and wherein

the destination facsimile comprises a display section for displaying information indicating that the received facsimile data is relayed in transfer.

5. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a section for displaying the electronic mail address of the transmission source together with information concerning the destination facsimile.

6. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a display section for displaying information indicating that the received electronic mail is to be relayed in transfer.

7. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a batch transmission function of storing a plurality of pieces of electronic mail and transmitting the stored electronic mail pieces to the destination facsimile in batch.

8. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 7 wherein for all pieces of electronic mail transmitted in batch by the batch transmission function, the communication information notification section transmits the electronic mail addresses of the transmission sources to the destination facsimile as transmission source information of facsimile communications.

9. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 7 wherein for all pieces of electronic mail transmitted in batch by the batch transmission function, the communication information notification section transmits the electronic mail addresses of the transmission sources to the destination facsimile together with information concerning the Internet facsimile.

10. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 7 wherein the communication information notification section transmits information indicating that the facsimile data is to be relayed in transfer by the Internet facsimile and information indicating that the facsimile data is to be transmitted in batch by the batch transmission function to the destination facsimile, and wherein

the destination facsimile comprises a display section for displaying information indicating that the received facsimile data is relayed in transfer and information indicating that the facsimile data is transmitted in batch.

11. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a section for displaying the electronic mail addresses of the transmission sources for all facsimile data transmitted in batch by the batch transmission function together with information concerning the destination facsimile.

12. The Internet facsimile as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a display section for displaying information indicating that the electronic mail is to be relayed in transfer and information indicating that the electronic mail is to be transmitted in batch by the batch transmission function.

13. A communication method in an Internet facsimile being connected to Internet and a telephone network for transmitting received electronic mail to a specified facsimile by facsimile, the communication method comprising the steps of:

dividing the electronic mail so that a header and main body of the electronic mail and contents of an attached file thereto are printed out on different pages; and

transmitting the electronic mail to a transfer destination by facsimile.

14. The communication method as claimed in claim 13 wherein the page sizes of the header and the main body are changed to the page size of the attached file.

15. The communication method as claimed in claim 13 wherein when a plurality of files are attached, the page sizes of the header, the main body, and any other attached file are changed to the page size of the first attached file.

16. The communication method as claimed in claim 13 wherein the page sizes of the header, the main body, and the attached file are changed to a predetermined page size.

17. A communication method in an Internet facsimile being connected at least to Internet and a telephone network for transmitting received electronic mail to a specified facsimile by facsimile, the communication method comprising the steps of:

dividing the electronic mail so that a header and main body of the electronic mail and contents of an attached file thereto are printed out on different pages; and

transmitting the electronic mail to a transfer destination by facsimile.

18. The communication method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the page size of the header or the main body is changed so that the header and the main body fall within the same page.

19. The communication method as claimed in claim 17 wherein whether or not the header and the main body fall within the same page is determined before the electronic mail is divided.

20. The communication method as claimed in claim 19 wherein whether or not the header and the main body fall within the same page is determined by counting the number of lines of the header and the main body.

21. An Internet facsimile communication apparatus being connected at least to Internet and a telephone network and having a function of transmitting received electronic mail to a specified facsimile by facsimile, the Internet facsimile communication apparatus comprising:

a dividing section for dividing the electronic mail so that a header and main body of the electronic mail and contents of an attached file thereto are printed out on different pages.

22. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 21 further comprising a page size change section for changing the page sizes of the header and the main body to the page size of the attached file.

23. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 21 further comprising a page size change section for changing the page sizes of the header, the main body, and the attached file to a predetermined page size.

24. An Internet facsimile communication apparatus being connected at least to Internet and a telephone network and having a function of transmitting received electronic mail to a specified facsimile by facsimile, the Internet facsimile communication apparatus comprising:

a dividing section for dividing the electronic mail so that a header and main body of the electronic mail and contents of an attached file thereto are printed out on different pages.

25. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 24 further comprising a page size change section for changing the page size of the header or the main body so that the header and the main body fall within the same page.

26. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 24 further comprising a determination section for determining whether or not the header and the main body fall within the same page, wherein

if it is determined that the header and the main body fall within the same page, the electronic mail is divided so that the header and the main body and the contents of the attached file are printed out on different pages.

27. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 26 further comprising a count section for counting the number of lines of the header and the main body, wherein

the determination section uses the count section to determine whether or not the header and the main body fall within the same page.

28. An Internet facsimile communication apparatus being connected to Internet and a telephone network and having a function of transmitting received electronic mail to a specified facsimile by facsimile, the Internet facsimile communication apparatus comprising:

a first transfer setting section for specifying whether or not a header of the electronic mail is to be transferred to the transmission destination;

a second transfer setting section for specifying whether or not a main body of the electronic mail is to be transferred to the transmission destination; and

a deletion section for deleting information of the electronic mail in response to the first transfer setting section and the second transfer setting section.

29. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 28 further comprising a determination section for determining whether or not a file is attached to the electronic mail, wherein

if it is determined that no file is attached to the electronic mail, the header and the main body of the electronic mail are transferred regardless of the settings defined in the first and second transfer setting sections.

30. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 28 further comprising:

a first determination section for determining whether or not a file is attached to the electronic mail; and

a second determination section for determining whether or not the electronic mail contains a main body, wherein

if it is determined that the electronic mail does not contain a main body, the electronic mail is not transferred regardless of the settings defined in the first and second transfer setting sections.

31. The Internet facsimile communication apparatus as claimed in claim 28 further comprising a third transfer setting section for setting the transferred information amount of the header, wherein

the deletion section deletes the information amount of the header in response to the transferred information amount of the header set in the third transfer setting section.