JP2005094582A - Facsimile system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facsimile system wherein relay transmission is efficiently performed without pressing a memory in which receiver stations are registered, in a repeater station. <P>SOLUTION: In a facsimile system 20, when a facsimile machine FAX-A that is a relay transmission requesting station, requests the relay transmission to a facsimile machine FAX-B that is a repeater station, via the Internet INT and a public line network PL, receiver station information such as telephone numbers or addresses of facsimile machines FAX-C, FAX-D that are receiver stations, is transmitted to the facsimile machine FAX-B in advance to request registration and the facsimile machine FAX-B that receives the registration request, registers the transmitted receiver station information in a system memory part corresponding to a predetermined registration number and transmits the registration number to the facsimile machine FAX-A. The facsimile machine FAX-A then requests the relay transmission designating the receiver station with the transmitted registration number. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a facsimile system, and more particularly, to a facsimile system that efficiently performs relay transmission without squeezing a memory that registers a receiving station of a relay station.

  Recently, with the development of facsimile machines and communication networks, the same document (image information) is often transmitted to a plurality of remote destinations. When image information is transmitted to such a plurality of remote destinations, transmission is performed using so-called relay transmission.

  In such a facsimile communication system, for example, when a relay request is made by designating a receiving station from the relay requesting station, the relay station temporarily stores the image information sent from the relay requesting station in the image memory. After storage, read out from the image memory at a predetermined time, transmit to the receiving station using the telephone number of the receiving station registered in advance in the relay station, and need to relay to another relay station In such a case, a relay request is made to the other relay station.

  As a facsimile apparatus that receives a relay request from another facsimile apparatus and relays the received image information to the other facsimile apparatus, for example, a facsimile apparatus previously filed by the present applicant (Patent Document 1) See).

  This facsimile apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a DTMF (Dual Tone Multifrequency) from a partner machine so as to send a relay station number, and from a facsimile apparatus having no relay request function or a facsimile apparatus of another manufacturer. The relay request transmission is easily accepted by the DTMF signal.

  Conventionally, in facsimile relay transmission, receiving station information such as telephone numbers of all transmission destinations is previously registered in each relay station by a relay group number, and the relay requesting station indicates the relay group number by A multi-stage relay broadcast transmission system is adopted in which a relay station that has received a relay request broadcasts image information to all receiving stations registered with the relay group number (see Patent Document 2).

JP-A-7-177334 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-160871

  However, in the above prior art, when transmitting a relay request, it is necessary to register the telephone number of the receiving station in advance in the relay station, and the telephone number of the receiving station registered in this way is The telephone number is not necessarily the telephone number used for normal facsimile transmission at the relay station, and it is necessary to register such a telephone number continuously only for relaying. There is a problem that not only the capacity of the memory for storing the telephone number of the receiving station is increased and the cost is increased, but also it is troublesome to manually register the telephone number at the relay station and the usability is poor.

  Accordingly, the invention according to claim 1 is that the relay transmission requesting station connected to the relay station via a predetermined network receives the receiving station information such as the telephone number or address of the receiving station of the relay transmission destination when the relay transmission request is requested. To the relay station in advance to make a registration request, and the relay station that has received the registration request registers the received receiving station information in the receiving station information storage means corresponding to a predetermined registration number, The registration number is transmitted to the relay requesting station that has made the registration request, and the relay requesting station relays in advance by making a relay transmission request request that designates the receiving station based on the transmitted registration number. There is no need to register the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station in the station, the capacity of the receiving station information storage means of the relay station that stores the receiving station information is reduced, the cost is reduced, and the receiving station information To reduce the effort of registering manually at the relay station, and its object is to provide a good facsimile system availability.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the relay station manages the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage means based on a predetermined effective period, and stores the receiving station information after the effective period has elapsed. By deleting from the means, it is possible to further effectively use the receiving station information storage means for storing the receiving station information of the relay station, to further reduce the capacity of the receiving station information storage means, and to further reduce the cost. The purpose is to provide a system.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when relay transmission of the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage means by the relay station to the receiving station is completed, the receiving station information is stored in the receiving station information storage. By deleting from the means, it is possible to further effectively use the receiving station information storing means for storing the receiving station information of the relay station, further reducing the capacity of the receiving station information storing means, and further reducing the cost. The purpose is to provide a system.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving station information storage means for storing the receiving station information of the relay station while reducing the telephone fee by making a relay transmission request from the relay requesting station to the relay station by mail transmission. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile system with good usability by reducing the capacity and cost, and reducing the trouble of manually registering receiving station information at a relay station.

  In the facsimile system according to the first aspect of the present invention, a relay transmission requesting station and a relay station are connected via a predetermined network, and the relay transmission requesting station designates a receiving station as the relay station from the relay transmission requesting station. When transmitting image information, the relay station relays the transmitted image information to the designated receiving station, and the relay requesting station performs the relay transmission request request when the relay transmission request is made. Receiving station information such as the telephone number or address of the receiving station of the relay transmission destination is transmitted in advance to the relay station to make a registration request, and the relay station receiving the registration request receives the transmitted receiving station information. The registration is performed in the station information storage unit in correspondence with a predetermined registration number, and the registration number is transmitted to the relay requesting station that has made the registration request. By performing the relay transmission request request specifying the receiving station based on the Kita registration number, it has achieved the above objects.

  In this case, for example, as described in claim 2, the relay station manages the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage unit based on a predetermined valid period, and the valid period has elapsed. The receiving station information may be deleted from the receiving station information storage means.

  In addition, for example, as described in claim 3, when the relay station completes the relay transmission of the reception station information registered in the reception station information storage unit to the reception station of the reception station information, The receiving station information may be deleted from the receiving station information storage means.

  Further, for example, as described in claim 4, the facsimile system may perform at least the relay transmission request from the relay requesting station to the relay station by mail transmission.

  According to the facsimile system of the first aspect of the present invention, when a relay transmission requesting station connected to a relay station via a predetermined network receives a relay transmission request, the relay transmission destination receiving station's telephone number or address, etc. The receiving station information is transmitted to the relay station in advance and a registration request is made, and the relay station receiving the registration request registers the received receiving station information in the receiving station information storage means in association with a predetermined registration number. In addition, the registration number is transmitted to the relay requesting station that has made the registration request, and the relay requesting station makes a relay transmission request request that specifies the receiving station based on the transmitted registration number. It is not necessary to register the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station in advance in the relay station, and the capacity of the receiving station information storage means of the relay station that stores the receiving station information can be reduced, thereby reducing the cost It is possible to, the receiving station information to reduce the trouble of registering manually at the relay station, thereby improving the usability.

  According to the facsimile system of the second aspect of the invention, the relay station manages the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage means based on a predetermined effective period, and the receiving station information after the effective period has passed. Since it is deleted from the receiving station information storage means, the receiving station information storage means for storing the receiving station information of the relay station can be used more effectively, and the capacity of the receiving station information storage means can be further reduced. Cost can be further reduced.

  According to the facsimile system of the invention described in claim 3, when the relay station completes relay transmission of the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage means to the receiving station of the receiving station information, the receiving station information is Since it is deleted from the receiving station information storage means, the receiving station information storage means for storing the receiving station information of the relay station can be used more effectively, and the capacity of the receiving station information storage means can be further reduced. Cost can be further reduced.

  According to the facsimile system of the invention described in claim 4, since the relay transmission request from the relay requesting station to the relay station is performed by mail transmission, the receiving station stores the receiving station information of the relay station while reducing the telephone fee. The capacity of the information storage means can be reduced, the cost can be reduced, and it is possible to improve the usability by reducing the trouble of manually registering the receiving station information at the relay station.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, since the Example described below is a suitable Example of this invention, various technically preferable restrictions are attached | subjected, However, The scope of the present invention limits this invention especially in the following description. As long as there is no description of the effect, it is not restricted to these aspects.

  1 to 4 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a facsimile system of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a facsimile apparatus 1 applied to an embodiment of a facsimile system of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a facsimile machine 1 includes a system control unit 2, a system memory unit 3, a reading unit 4, a printing unit 5, a document storage unit 6, a communication control unit 7, an operation unit 8, a telephone number management unit 9, and a network control unit. 10 and the like, and the main components are connected to the bus 11.

  The system memory unit (receiving station information storage means) 3 is composed of, for example, a battery-backed RAM or the like, and includes a one-touch dial transmission destination, a speed dial transmission destination and a telephone directory input by key operation of the operation unit 8. For each transmission destination such as a telephone directory transmission destination using the ID, transmission destination information (destination information) such as a transmission destination telephone number and a transmission destination name is stored in correspondence with a one-touch number, an abbreviated number, etc., and the facsimile apparatus 1 Various information necessary for the operation and information registered in advance are stored. In particular, the system memory unit 3 stores receiving station information such as a telephone number and a mail address of a receiving station for relay transmission in association with a predetermined registration number.

  The system control unit 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and in the ROM, a basic processing program of the facsimile apparatus 1 and a telephone number management for a relay as described later. Various programs such as processing programs are stored, and various data and system data necessary for executing these basic processing programs and relay receiving station information management processing programs are stored. The system control unit 2 controls each unit of the facsimile apparatus 1 based on a program in the ROM while the CPU uses the RAM as a work memory, executes basic processing as the facsimile apparatus 1, and performs relay processing described later. Receiving station information management processing is executed.

  For example, a line image scanner using a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or the like is used as the reading unit 4, and the reading unit 4 reads an image of a document with a predetermined resolution and outputs it as image information.

  As the printing unit 5, for example, an electrophotographic recording device or the like is used, and the printing unit 5 records and outputs received images and images read by the reading unit 4 on recording paper and outputs various reports. To do.

  The document storage unit 6 mainly stores the received image information, mail received document, and the like of the transmission original read by the reading unit 4.

  The communication control unit 7 is connected to the public network PL (see FIG. 2), and performs G3 / G4 fax communication control, image information compression / playback control, modem control, NCU control, and the like.

  The operation unit 8 includes various operation keys such as a numeric keypad, a start key, a function key, a one-touch key, and an abbreviated key, and a display (for example, a liquid crystal display). Various commands such as a transmission operation are input from the operation keys. When operated, the display displays various information notified from the facsimile apparatus 1 to the operator. In particular, when the operation key of the operation unit 8 is used to input reception station information such as a telephone number or a mail address of a relay transmission reception station, and the reception station information is input from the operation unit 8, the system control unit 2 stores the input receiving station information in the system memory unit 3 in association with a predetermined registration number, and causes the telephone number management unit 9 to manage the receiving station information.

  The network control unit 10 is connected to the Internet INT (see FIG. 2) via a network (not shown) such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and communicates with the network and a terminal such as a personal computer connected to the Internet INT. To receive and receive various types of information, in particular, receiving station information such as the telephone number and mail address of the receiving station and a registration request for the receiving station information.

  Upon receiving the receiving station information and the receiving station information registration request via the network control unit 10, the system control unit 2 stores the received receiving station information in the system memory unit 3 in association with a predetermined registration number. The telephone number management unit 9 manages the receiving station information.

  The telephone number management unit 9 is configured so that the receiving station information input from the operation unit 8 and the receiving station information transmitted together with the registration request from the network terminal correspond to a predetermined registration number by the system control unit 2 to store the system memory. When registered in the unit 3, it manages various telephone numbers registered in the system memory unit 3, particularly receiving station information.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The facsimile apparatus 1 is applied to the facsimile system 20 shown in FIG. 2, and registers the receiving station information such as the receiving station telephone number and the receiving station mail address in the relay station when relay transmission is performed from the relay transmission requesting station connected to the network. Then, the relay station manages the registered receiving station information.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile system 20 includes a facsimile apparatus FAX-A and a facsimile apparatus FAX-B connected to the Internet INT as a network and the public line network PL. The apparatus FAX-C and the facsimile apparatus FAX-D are connected. Furthermore, a mail server 30 for performing facsimile transmission using the Internet INT is connected to the Internet INT.

  In such a connection situation, the facsimile apparatus FAX-A serves as a relay requesting station, the facsimile apparatus FAX-B is used as a relay station, and the facsimile apparatus FAX-C and the facsimile apparatus FAX-D are used as relay receiving stations for relay transmission. This will be described below.

  In the case of FIG. 2, the facsimile apparatus 1 is used in a facsimile apparatus FAX-A as a relay requesting station and a facsimile apparatus FAX-B as a relay station, and the facsimile apparatuses FAX-C and FAX-D as receiving stations. May be a normal facsimile machine.

  When the facsimile machine FAX-A serving as the relay requesting station makes a relay transmission request request to the facsimile machine FAX-B serving as the relay station, the facsimile machine FAX-C and the facsimile machine FAX- Register the receiving station information such as the telephone number and mail address of D. Registration of receiving station information such as the telephone number and mail address of the facsimile machines FAX-C and FAX-D of the receiving station is performed first through the Internet INT as shown by a broken line L1 in FIG. The facsimile apparatus FAX-B is called, and the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station is notified in the information related to the receiving station of the G3 communication protocol. The receiving station information is, for example, a registration number of a telephone number registered in advance in the relay station. For example, “#OO” is designated by a one-touch number, and “#XXX” is designated by an abbreviated number, for example, “ In the designation by “#xxx” and the group number, “#xxxxxx” (xxx indicates a number). Therefore, the user of the relay requesting station needs to know the registration number when the telephone number of the receiving station is registered with the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as the relay station. The relay station is notified of the registration number of the receiving station in the apparatus FAX-B.

  Then, the facsimile machine FAX-B, which is a relay station, has a request for registration of receiving station information such as a telephone number of the receiving station and a registration request for the receiving station information from the facsimile machine FAX-A, which is a relay requesting station, as described above. The received receiving station information is registered in the system memory unit 3 in correspondence with a predetermined registration number, and is managed by the telephone number management unit 9. At this time, for the communication between the relay requesting station and the relay station, the Web service interface is used to enable data registration on the network.

  As described above, when the facsimile apparatus FAX-A as the relay requesting station completes registration of the receiving station information in the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as the relay station, the communication path is shown via the Internet INT indicated by a broken line L2 in FIG. 2, relay request transmission is performed via the public network PL indicated by a broken line L3 in FIG. 2, and the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as a relay station receives the relay transmission request request when there is a relay transmission request request. The received data is relay broadcast transmitted to the receiving station registered in the system memory unit 3 and specified by using the registration number in the relay transmission request request.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the facsimile apparatus FAX-A, which is a relay requesting station, starts creating a transmission document (step S101), it checks whether the transmission is a relay request transmission (step S102), and relays. When it is not request transmission, normal transmission processing is performed.

  If the transmission is a relay request transmission in step S102, first, the telephone number or IP address of the facsimile machine FAX-B of the relay station is registered (step S104), and the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station is registered. Registration processing is performed (step S105), and it is checked whether there is a next receiving station to transmit the relay request (step S106).

  If there is a next receiving station in step S106, the process returns to step S105 to register the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station and check whether there is a next receiving station. It performs (steps S104-S106).

  In step S106, when there is no next receiving station, it waits for the creation of the transmission document to end (step S107), and the relay request for registering the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station for relay request transmission in the relay station. The transmission receiving station information registration process is started (step S108), and the receiving station information is registered via the Internet INT in the facsimile machine FAX-A as a relay station (step S109).

  When the receiving station information is transmitted via the Internet INT by the facsimile protocol from the facsimile apparatus FAX-A as the relay requesting station, the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as the relay station accepts the receiving station information (step S201). ), The received receiving station information is registered in the system memory unit 3 with a registration number. For example, as described above, for example, designation with a one-touch number is, for example, “#OO”, For example, in the case of designation by “****” or group number, registration is performed by adding a registration number such as “## XXX”, and the registration number of the receiving station is assigned to the facsimile machine FAX as a relay requesting station. -Reply to -A (step S202). At this time, the facsimile machine FAX-B as a relay station returns the registration number to the relay requesting station by the number of receiving stations.

  Next, when the facsimile apparatus FAX-A serving as the relay requesting station receives the registration number of the receiving station from the facsimile apparatus FAX-B serving as the relay station, the registration number of the receiving station is stored in the system memory unit 3. The telephone number management unit 9 manages the received station information in correspondence with the received station information (step S110).

  When the facsimile apparatus FAX-A, which is the relay requesting station, acquires the registration number, it starts relay request transmission to the relay station using the registration number (step S111). The registered number of the receiving station is transmitted (step S112).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, when relay request transmission is performed in the G3 procedure, the relay requesting station transmits the NSS signal (non-standard function setting signal) with the registration number of the receiving station added.

  When the receiving station is registered in the relay station and the CFR signal is returned, the facsimile apparatus FAX-A that is the relay requesting station transmits the image information of the original to the facsimile apparatus FAX-B of the relay station and relays it. The request transmission ends (step S113).

  When the facsimile apparatus FAX-B, which is a relay station, returns the registration number of the receiving station to the relay requesting station in step S202, it starts receiving the relay request (step S203), and the receiving station receives the registration number from the relay requesting station. Is specified, and the receiving station information corresponding to the specified registration number is registered in the system memory unit 3, a CFR signal is returned, and the receiving station is stored in the system memory unit 3 (step S204). After that, the image information of the original transmitted from the facsimile apparatus FAX-A of the relay requesting station is received and temporarily stored in the document storage unit 6, and then the facsimile apparatus FAX-C which is the designated receiving station. Relay broadcast transmission is performed to the facsimile machine FAX-D, and the relay process is terminated (step S205).

  In the above description, the G3 communication is described for convenience, but the same applies to the G4 communication.

  In the above description, the telephone number of the receiving station is registered in advance in the relay station. However, when the relay request is transmitted, the receiving station information itself can be notified by a communication protocol. Is specified, the NSS (receiving station) / CFR time in FIG. 4 becomes longer than the registration number or the like because the number of digits increases and there is a problem that the communication time becomes longer.

  When the facsimile apparatus FAX-B of the relay station manages and registers the receiving station information registered in the system memory unit 3 by the telephone number management unit 9 based on the valid time of the telephone number of the receiving station. When a predetermined valid time set in advance from the time elapses, the telephone number of the receiving station is deleted from the system memory unit 3. In this case, the fixed effective time until deletion may be set as appropriate by an instruction from the operation unit 8 of the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as a relay station or the facsimile apparatus FAX-A as a relay requesting station.

  Further, the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as the relay station may delete the telephone number of the receiving station registered in the system memory unit 3 from the system memory unit 3 when the relay processing is completed.

  As described above, the facsimile system 20 of the present embodiment includes the facsimile apparatus FAX-, which is a relay transmission requesting station, connected to the facsimile apparatus FAX-B, which is a relay station, via the Internet INT, which is a predetermined network, and the public network PL. In response to a relay transmission request, A sends in advance the receiving station information such as the telephone number or address of the facsimile machines FAX-C and FAX-D, which are the receiving stations of the relay transmission destination, to the facsimile machine FAX-B of the relay station. The facsimile apparatus FAX-B of the relay station that has received the registration request registers the transmitted receiving station information in the system memory unit 3 in correspondence with a predetermined registration number, and the registration number Is transmitted to the facsimile machine FAX-A of the relay requesting station that has made the registration request. Millimeter apparatus FAX-A has performed relay transmission request request specifying the receiving station based on the registration number that has been the transmission.

  Accordingly, there is no need to register the receiving station information such as the telephone number of the receiving station in advance in the facsimile machine FAX-B of the relay station, and the capacity of the system memory unit 3 of the relay station that stores the receiving station information is reduced. In addition, the cost can be reduced, and the labor for manually registering the receiving station information at the relay station can be reduced to improve the usability.

  Further, according to the facsimile system 20 of the present embodiment, the relay station manages the receiving station information registered in the system memory unit 3 based on a predetermined effective period, and the receiving station information after the effective period has passed It is deleted from the memory unit 3.

  Therefore, the capacity of the system memory unit 3 can be further reduced by further effectively using the system memory unit 3 that stores the receiving station information of the relay station, and the cost can be further reduced.

  Further, according to the facsimile system 20 of the present embodiment, when the relay station completes relay transmission of the receiving station information registered in the system memory unit 3 to the receiving station, the receiving station information is transferred to the system. It is deleted from the memory unit 3.

  Therefore, the capacity of the system memory unit 3 can be further reduced by further effectively using the system memory unit 3 that stores the receiving station information of the relay station, and the cost can be further reduced.

  In the above description, the relay request transmission is performed through the communication path using the public network PL indicated by the broken line L2 in FIG. 2, but the relay INT transmission is performed using the Internet INT indicated by the broken line L3 in FIG. It may be performed via an internet facsimile communication path.

  In this case, the relay request transmission from the facsimile apparatus FAX-A as the relay request station to the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as the relay station is performed by a relay request mail via the mail server 30 connected to the Internet INT. In this case, the relay information is transmitted by setting the following information in the mail body instead of the communication protocol. By setting the destination information portion of the receiving station as the registration number returned from the facsimile apparatus FAX-B as the relay station, the receiving station can be specified as described above. In addition, when relay broadcast transmission is sent by mail, the destination registration of the receiving station may use not only a telephone number but also a mail destination.

icfax@toda.abcde.co.jp ・ ・ ・ Relay station address
Relay-ID: 1234 ・ ・ ・ 4-digit polling ID
Relay: # 01 # * 02 # ** 03 ... Receiving station destination information In this way, the capacity of the system memory 3 for storing the receiving station information of the relay station can be reduced while reducing the telephone fee. In addition to reducing costs, it is possible to improve the usability by reducing the trouble of manually registering the telephone number of the receiving station at the relay station.

  The invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

  The present invention can be applied to a facsimile system that efficiently performs relay transmission using a telephone line, the Internet, or the like without pressing the memory of the relay station.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an essential circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus applied to a facsimile system according to an embodiment of a facsimile system of the present invention. The system block diagram of the facsimile system with which the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 is applied. 3 is a flowchart showing relay transmission processing in the facsimile system of FIG. 4 is a timing chart of a facsimile protocol in relay transmission processing by G3 communication in FIG. 3.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile apparatus 2 System control part 3 System memory part 4 Reading part 5 Printing part 6 Document storage part 7 Communication control part 8 Operation part 9 Telephone number management part 10 Network control part 11 Bus 30 Server PL Public line network INT Internet FAX-A , FAX-B, FAX-C, FAX-D Facsimile machine

Claims (4)

  When a relay transmission request station and a relay station are connected via a predetermined network, and when the relay transmission request request is made from the relay transmission request station to the relay station and the relay transmission request is made and the image information is transmitted, the relay station A facsimile system that relays and transmits the transmitted image information to the designated receiving station, wherein the relay requesting station receives the telephone number or address of the relay transmitting destination receiving station when the relay transmission request is made. The receiving station information is transmitted to the relay station in advance and a registration request is made, and the relay station receiving the registration request corresponds to a predetermined registration number in the receiving station information storage means with the received receiving station information. And the registration number is transmitted to the relay requesting station that has made the registration request, and the relay requesting station designates the receiving station based on the transmitted registration number. Facsimile systems and performing serial relay transmission request requests.   The relay station manages the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage unit based on a predetermined effective period, and deletes the receiving station information whose effective period has elapsed from the receiving station information storage unit The facsimile system according to claim 1.   The relay station deletes the receiving station information from the receiving station information storage unit upon completion of the relay transmission of the receiving station information registered in the receiving station information storage unit to the receiving station. The facsimile system according to claim 1. 4. The facsimile system according to claim 1, wherein the facsimile system makes at least the relay transmission request from the relay requesting station to the relay station by mail transmission.

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