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Apparatus and method for communication control

  • US 7,293,062 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2002
  • Issued: 11/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communication control apparatus, comprising:

  • a first communicator configured to be connected to a network;

    a second communicator configured to be connected to a receiving Internet facsimile apparatus, the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus receiving, from a transmitter via the communication control apparatus, an e-mail to which image data is attached and printing the image data attached to the received e-mail; and

    a controller configured to;

    receive, from the transmitter via the first communicator, URL data according to a HTTP protocol while performing preparatory operations for a mail transmission according to a SMTP protocol via the second communicator;

    convert the received URL data into an e-mail address of the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus;

    receive, from the transmitter via the first communicator, HTML data according to the HTTP protocol;

    convert the received HTML data into e-mail data; and

    transmit to the receiving Internet facsimile apparatus, via the second communicator, the converted e-mail data, based on the e-mail address according to the SMTP protocol when the preparatory operations for the mail transmission are completed.

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