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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Satoru Yanagi, Obu, JP;
Satoru Yanagi, Obu, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A communication device configured to be connected with both a public switched telephone network and an IP network. The communication device may comprise an input allowing unit configured to allow a user to input specific identification information for the public switched telephone network, a judging unit configured to judge whether or not the communication device itself is in a specific state that is capable of executing a first communication process of communicating via the IP network using IP identification information for the IP network, and a communication unit configured to execute the first communication process, in a first case where the communication device is judged as being in the specific state, and execute a second communication process of communicating via the public switched telephone network, in a second case where the communication device is judged as not being in the specific state.