Patent ID: 11934730
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. An image communication apparatus comprising:
a communicator configured to communicate with another device in accordance with an operation mode;
a history manager configured to manage the operation mode and a history of the communicator; and
one or more controllers configured to control a displaying of the history, wherein
when a first operation mode, which is related to a setting screen that accepted a display command of the history, and a second operation mode, which is associated with a selected history, are different, and when a job associated with the history is executed in the first operation mode, the one or more controllers are configured to display a setting screen corresponding to the first operation mode,
the second operation mode is a normal mode in which the job is executed through a normal setting screen, and the first operation mode is a simple mode in which the job is executed through a simplified setting screen displaying fewer items that is displayed in the normal setting screen, and
after the history has been selected on an input screen for accepting the display command of the history related to the job, the one or more controllers are configured to display a selection screen for prompting a user to select either the normal mode or the simple mode to execute the job associated with the hi story.