| US 7,403,311 B2 | ||
| Network facsimile device | ||
| Tetsuya Kagawa, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 16, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/978,754. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-320886 (JP), filed on Oct. 20, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2002/0048048 A1, Apr. 25, 2002 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—474 [358/1.15; 358/404; 358/402; 379/100.12; 379/93.07] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A network facsimile device comprising:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) receiving means for receiving, via a network, electronic mail (email) to which facsimile
image data is attached;
domain registration means for registering a domain of an address of the network facsimile device;
email address registration means for registering a plurality of email addresses indicating the network facsimile device; and
controlling means, wherein the controlling means determines whether the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile
device domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means, and controls
the network facsimile device to receive the email when the address attached to the email is in the network facsimile device
domain and is one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means, and
wherein the SMTP receiving means receives email addressed to the network facsimile device domain registered in the domain
registration means and one of the plurality of email addresses registered in the email address registration means.
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