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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
Kyoji Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Toyoda, Kunitachi, JP;
Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Internet facsimile apparatus notifies a facsimile number of the final destination to server and acquires an e-mail address of a relay apparatus from server . And it transmits an e-mail attached image information to Internet facsimile apparatus corresponding to the acquired e-mail address. At this time, it inserts a relay transfer instruction command to a part of a header of the e-mail to order a relay transfer. Internet facsimile apparatus functioning as a relay apparatus converts a specific predetermined information among the header information of the e-mail to be relay transferred into the same format as that of the image information, and transmits the converted specific information with the image information to facsimile apparatus of the final destination.