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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2004
Fumio Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus has a line interface for facsimile communication and is capable of communicating with a host computer through a remote host computer interface or a local host computer interface. The facsimile apparatus includes a facsimile data transferring unit for transferring facsimile data to the host computer through the remote host computer interface or the local host computer interface; an interface recognizing unit for recognizing the host computer interface that is connected from among the remote host computer interface and the local host computer interface; a transfer destination registering unit for registering a destination of the host computer to which the facsimile data transferring unit transfers the facsimile data through the remote host computer interface when the interface recognizing unit recognizes that the remote host computer interface is connected.