Patent ID: 9357032
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus having a transmission function for transmitting data to another apparatus using a transmission protocol, comprising: a processor; and a memory storing a plurality of units comprising instructions for execution on the processor, the plurality of units including: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of destination addresses of the transmission protocol; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a destination address of an authenticated user; a setting unit configured to configure a setting such that transmission using the destination address acquired by the acquisition unit is permitted, and transmission using other destination addresses than the destination address acquired by the acquisition unit is inhibited; a receiving unit configured to receive a display request of an address book from a user; a display control unit configured to permit, in a case where the setting is not configured by the setting unit and the receiving unit receives the display request of the address book, a display unit to display the destination address acquired by the acquisition unit and destination addresses other than the destination address acquired by the acquisition unit among the plurality of destination addresses which are stored by the storage unit; and an accepting unit configured to accept, from a user, selection of a destination address from among destination addresses displayed by the display unit, wherein, the display control unit permits, in a case where the setting is configured by the setting unit and the receiving unit receives the display request of the address book, the display unit to display the destination address acquired by the acquisition unit, and inhibits the display unit to display destination addresses other than the destination address acquired by the acquisition unit among the plurality of destination addresses which are stored by the storage unit.