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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ikeda, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, if an image forming apparatus receives a FAX data, the image forming apparatus posts a message to a chat service indicating that the FAX data has been received, and according to a setting of a forwarding destination of FAX data and scheduled forwarding time, the image forming apparatus posts a message indicating the scheduled forwarding time of the received FAX data. If the image forming apparatus receives an instruction related to forwarding the received FAX data (canceling, changing scheduled time, changing forwarding destination) via the chat service, the image forming apparatus performs processing related to the forwarding the received FAX data (canceling to forward processing, changing scheduled time processing, changing forwarding destination processing) based on the instruction.