Abstract: A facsimile communication relay system includes a relay station which temporarily stores image information to be transmitted from a source station to a destination station, for example, at a desired time. In accordance with the present invention, address and image information once transmitted and thus temporarily stored in the relay station is returned to the source station thereby allowing an operator at the source station to check the condition of the information received at the relay station, and the image information stored at the relay station is made available for transmission to the destination station only if an enable transmission signal is transmitted from the source station to the relay station by the operator within a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A facsimile communication system for carrying out communication between a transmitter and a receiver, whether it is inside or outside of a particular group, is provided. The receiver comprises a facsimile reception system, a first memory for storing information as to terminal numbers and designated communication time of prearranged transmitter terminals, a second memory for storing information as to terminal numbers and temporarily designated communication time of transmitter terminals which are not prearranged, a reception allowable terminal memory to which the terminal number is supplied when the corresponding designated time is reached and a comparator for comparing the terminal number transmitted from the transmitter and the terminal number in the allowable terminal memory, the comparator supplying a reception allowable signal when the two terminal numbers are matched, while, a reception rejection signal when the two terminal numbers are mismatched.