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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Kiyoshi Toyoda, Kunitachi, JP;
Tatsuo Bando, Musashino, JP;
Toshihisa Sawada, Inba-gun, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic mail system connected to a network includes a section for converting an image of a document surface into corresponding document image data, and a section for compressing the document image data into compression-resultant image data. The electronic mail system also includes a section for converting the compression-resultant image data into corresponding image data of a given electronic-mail format, a section for receiving information of an electronic-mail destination address, and a section for transmitting the image data of the electronic-mail format toward the electronic-mail destination address via the network. The electronic mail system may further include a section for receiving image data in an electronic mail, a section for converting the received image data into corresponding received image data of a given facsimile format, a section for expanding the received image data of the facsimile format into expansion-resultant image data, and a section for printing the expansion-resultant image data.
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