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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2004
Hiroaki Zaima, Tenri, JP;
Osamu Tsumori, Nara, JP;
Shuichiro Ono, Soraku-gun, JP;
Toru Ueda, Soraku-gun, JP;
Hiroaki Zaima, Tenri, JP;
Osamu Tsumori, Nara, JP;
Shuichiro Ono, Soraku-gun, JP;
Toru Ueda, Soraku-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A data converter for converting a file having layout information to a file which does not depend on the process properties of an information apparatus is provided. The process which is executed by the control part in the data converter includes the step of determining the attributes of the apparatus to which mail is transmitted if a file is attached to received mail, the step of executing a conversion process if data conversion is necessary, the step of generating a message that mail is incoming which includes information on the location where the file that has been generated through the conversion process is stored, the step of transmitting the message that mail is incoming to the recipient's apparatus, the step of storing the file without converting data if data conversion is unnecessary, and the step of transmitting the received mail to the recipient's apparatus.