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FACSIMILE MACHINE

  • US 20080024833A1
  • Filed: 07/26/2007
  • Published: 01/31/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A facsimile machine comprising:

  • a connecting unit to which an external database device is connected via communication networks;

    an entry unit that accepts transmission instruction including the destination of facsimile transmission;

    a searching unit that searches a destination information in a database held by the database device with the destination accepted by the entry unit as a search key;

    a transmitting unit that executes the facsimile transmission; and

    a control unit that causes the searching unit to execute a search for the first time immediately after the acceptance of the transmission instruction by the entry unit and for the second time immediately before the facsimile transmission in the case in which the entry unit accepts the time-specified transmission instruction and, when it is found that the destination information including the search key exists in the database by the searches for the first time and the second time, causes the transmitting unit to execute the facsimile transmission for the corresponding destination.

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