Relay device, facsimile communication method, and recording medium

摘要

A relay device includes a receiver that receives multiple facsimile transmission instructions via a private network from a client device that does not include facsimile transmitting functions, a facsimile communication unit that sequentially transmits facsimiles externally via a public network, on the basis of the multiple facsimile transmission instructions received by the receiver, a creator that creates communication result information regarding communication when the facsimile communication unit transmitted facsimiles, before the facsimile communication unit completes facsimile transmission for all of the multiple facsimile transmission instructions, and a transmitter that transmits the communication result information created by the creator to the client device from which the receiver received facsimile transmission instructions.

主权项

1. A relay device comprising:
a receiver that receives a plurality of facsimile transmission instructions via a private network from a client device that does not include facsimile transmitting functions; a facsimile communication unit that sequentially transmits facsimiles externally via a public network, on the basis of the plurality of facsimile transmission instructions received by the receiver; a creator that, in response to satisfaction of a predetermined condition, creates partial communication result information regarding a transmission status of only the facsimiles which the facsimile communication unit has attempted to transmit from among the plurality of facsimile instructions, before the facsimile communication unit completes facsimile transmission over the public network for all of the plurality of facsimile transmission instructions; and a transmitter that transmits, for each facsimile transmission instruction, the partial communication result information created by the creator to the client device from which the receiver received facsimile transmission instructions, the communication result information being transmitted before communication result information of a next facsimile of the sequentially transmitted plurality of facsimile transmission instructions is generated.