Legacy fax service system in home network and method thereof

The service for legacy fax systems are disclosed in a home network environment. When the service system for the legacy fax in a home network environment, and fax data over the Internet protocol to the legacy fax is connected via the module and the phone line (Power Line Communication) PLC to the home network to a destination it is received from an external network, the received When stores the fax data in a storage means, detecting the power status of the legacy fax device information and control information from the information devices connected to the home network in the collection and management middleware servers, and the power is detected in the off state, a middleware server, after turning on the power of the legacy fax over, the process to transmit the fax data stored in the storage means to the legacy fax. In addition, the system, if fax data is received from an external network, and processes to display the message on the display devices connected to the home network to inform the reception of the fax data. Furthermore, when the fax data transfer is complete to the legacy fax, processing to switch the power of the legacy fax to the OFF state. In this system, such as fax service, is more economical than can be notified whether or not to receive faxes via a display device to a user immediately, it is possible to obtain a power saving effect in the equipment used.