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Internet facsimile apparatus and internet facsimile communication method
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Inventors: Tamaru, Tatsuya;
Assignee: Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka, JP)
Primary Examiner: Williams; Kimberly
Assistant Examiner: Lett; Thomas J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
An IFAX on a transmitting end gains access to an ISP on the transmitting end by dialup. The IFAX on the transmitting end transmits mail transmission notice to an IFAX on a receiving end via a PSTN after transmitting e-mail to the ISP on the transmitting end. Thereafter, the IFAX on the receiving end gains access to an ISP on the receiving end by dialup in accordance with mail transmission notice and receives e-mail stored in its own postbox. The mail transmission notice is performed using a facsimile communication protocol. The mail transmission notice includes at least one of transmission finished notice information, sent data information, and receiving information. This eliminates the unavailing mail check connection and reduces access charge at a dialup IFAX of the Internet facsimile. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention is to provide an Internet facsimile apparatus and an Internet facsimile communication method that is capable of eliminating the unavailing mail check connection at a dial-up IFAX to reduce access charge.
In order to accomplish the above object, according to the present invention, in transmitting e-mail to a receiving apparatus that receives e-mail from the Internet after establishing the connection to the Internet by use of access by dial-up, the following operation is carried out.
More specifically, when a transmitting apparatus transmits e-mail to the Internet, the transmitting apparatus notifies the receiving apparatus of the fact that e-mail has been transmitted and information relating to send data included in e-mail via the telephone network.
The receiving apparatus determines whether send data is receivable based on information relating to send data.
Then, when send data is receivable, access to the Internet by dial-up is carried out to receive e-mail from the Internet.
The receiving apparatus is connected to the access point of ISP only when send data is normally received and printing can be performed, and this makes it possible to largely reduce the waste of connection charge.
Moreover, according to the present invention, in order to attain the above object, in transmitting e-mail to a receiving apparatus that receives e-mail from the Internet after establishing the connection to the Internet by use of access by dial-up, the following operation is carried out.
More specifically, when a transmitting apparatus transmits e-mail to the Internet, the transmitting apparatus notifies the receiving apparatus of the fact that e-mail has been transmitted and information relating to timing at which e-mail is received from the Internet.
The receiving apparatus is connected to the Internet by use of access by dial-up in accordance with information of this reception timing, and receives this e-mail from the Internet.
Since the receiving apparatus is connected to the ISP at timing that the transmitting apparatus desires, for example, reception is delayed until all originals are transmitted, making it possible to decrease the number of accesses by dial-up and to largely reduce the waste of connection charge
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