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Abstract

A telephone network connects a facsimile terminal and a store device. A terminal adaptor is connected between the facsimile terminal and the telephone network. A voice response unit is connected between the telephone network and the store device. A control device is connected to the voice response unit and the store device. The terminal adaptor enables the facsimile terminal to gain access to the telephone network and the voice response unit, and to inquire a communication charge on the facsimile terminal of the control device. The voice response unit mediates a communication among the facsimile terminal, the terminal adaptor, the store device, and the control device, to transmit an instruction from the control device to the facsimile terminal as a voice response, to connect the facsimile terminal and the store device when an answer of the facsimile terminal to the voice response satisfies a predetermined condition, and to break the connection between the facsimile terminal and the store device after a facsimile communication is completed. The store device serves to store information transmitted from at least one of the facsimile terminal and the control device. The control device serves to store and manage the information stored in the store device on the basis of a number specified with respect to the information, to transmit the stored information to the store device in compliance with a readout requirement from the facsimile terminal, to calculate the communication charge, and to control a communication with the store device and the voice response unit.

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