Communication device and facsimile system
View Patent ↗A communication device includes an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number, a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server connected to a network, a mail generating unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail, and a control unit. Wherein, the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified as the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers by the input unit, the mail generating unit generates a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address, and the communication unit transmits the facsimile server addressed e-mail to a facsimile server as a destination fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers.
1. A communication device, comprising:
an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number that indicates a facsimile transmission destination;
a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server among servers that are connected to a network;
a mail generating unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address is given, that is a mail address containing one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers; and
a control unit, wherein
the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified as the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers by the input unit,
the mail generating unit generates a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address is given, that contains the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and
the communication unit transmits the facsimile server addressed e-mail generated by the mail generating unit to a facsimile server, which is regarded as the specified server, as a destination fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers.
2. The communication device according to claim 1 , wherein
the fewer times that the communication unit transmits the facsimile server addressed e-mail is one.
3. The communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a selection unit selecting one of a first communication operation and a second communication operation, the first communication operation operating in such a manner that the facsimile server addressed e-mail with the facsimile server as the destination is transmitted fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and the second communication operation operating in such a manner that the facsimile server addressed e-mail with the facsimile server as the destination is transmitted the same number of times as the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, wherein
the selection unit selects one of the first communication operation and the second communication operation based on an instruction from the control unit.
4. The communication device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an image input unit inputting an image, wherein
the control unit attaches the input image to the facsimile server addressed e-mail.
5. A communication device, comprising:
an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number that indicates a facsimile transmission destination;
a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a server among servers that are connected to a network;
a single destination mail generation control unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address is given, that is a mail address containing one number of the transmission destination telephone number; and
a control unit, wherein
the control unit controls the single destination mail generation control unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified by the input unit,
the single destination mail generation control unit generates a plurality of facsimile server addressed e-mails respectively corresponding to the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, each of the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails being given a facsimile server addressed mail address containing one of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and
the communication unit transmits the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails generated by the single destination mail generation control unit to a facsimile server as the specified server as a destination.
6. The communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a selection unit selecting one of a first communication operation and a second communication operation, the first communication operation operating in such a manner that the single destination mail generation control unit generates the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails respectively corresponding to the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, each of the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails being given a facsimile server addressed mail address containing one of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and the communication unit transmits the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails generated by the single destination mail generation control unit to the facsimile server as a server destination, and the second communication operation operating in such a manner that the facsimile server addressed e-mail with the facsimile server as the destination is transmitted the same number of times as the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, wherein
the selection unit selects one of the first communication operation and the second communication operation based on an instruction from the control unit.
7. The communication device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an image input unit inputting an image, wherein
the control unit attaches the input image to the facsimile server addressed e-mail.
8. A communication device, comprising:
an image input unit inputting an image;
an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number that indicates a transmission destination of the image;
a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server among servers that are connected to a network;
a mail generating unit generating a server addressed e-mail to which a server addressed mail address is given, that is a mail address containing one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers; and
a control unit, wherein
the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers are specified by the input unit,
the mail generating unit generates a server addressed e-mail that has the image attached thereto and to which a server addressed mail address is given, that contains the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and
the communication unit transmits one copy of the server addressed e-mail generated by the mail generating unit to the specified server as a destination.
9. A communication device, comprising:
an image input unit inputting an image;
an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number that indicates a transmission destination of the image;
a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server among servers that are connected to a network;
a mail generating unit generating a server addressed e-mail to which a server addressed mail address is given, that is a mail address containing one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers; and
a control unit, wherein
the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified as the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers by the input unit,
the mail generating unit generates a server addressed e-mail that has the image attached thereto and to which a server addressed mail address is given, that contains the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and
the communication unit transmits the server addressed e-mail generated by the mail generating unit to the specified server as a destination fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers.
10. A facsimile system, comprising:
a mail server capable of transmitting and receiving an e-mail via a network and storing a received e-mail;
a facsimile server capable of facsimile transmission to an external device based on an e-mail received from the mail server via the network; and
a communication device generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail for having the facsimile server perform facsimile transmission, wherein
the communication device, comprising:
an input unit for specifying a transmission destination telephone number that indicates a facsimile transmission destination;
a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server among servers that are connected to a network;
a mail generating unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address is given, that is a mail address containing one or more of the transmission destination telephone numbers; and
a control unit,
the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified as the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers by the input unit,
the mail generating unit generates a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address is given, that contains the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and
the communication unit transmits the facsimile server addressed e-mail generated by the mail generating unit to a facsimile server as the specified server as a destination fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers.
11. A facsimile system, comprising:
a mail server capable of transmitting and receiving an e-mail via a network and storing a received e-mail;
a facsimile server capable of facsimile transmission to an external device based on an e-mail received from the mail server via the network; and
a communication device generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail for having the facsimile server to perform facsimile transmission, wherein
the communication device, comprising:
an input unit for specifying a transmission destination telephone number that indicates a facsimile transmission destination;
a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server among servers that are connected to a network;
a single destination mail generation control unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address is given, that is a mail address containing one transmission destination telephone number; and
a control unit,
the control unit controls the single destination mail generation control unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified by using the input unit,
the single destination mail generation control unit generates a plurality of facsimile server addressed e-mails respectively corresponding to the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, each of the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails being given a facsimile server addressed mail address containing one of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers, and
the communication unit transmits the plurality of the facsimile server addressed e-mails generated by the single destination mail generation control unit to a facsimile server as the specified server as a destination.