Patent ID: 9313202
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus, comprising: control unit comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine whether said communication apparatus holds authentication information for using image sharing services or a relay apparatus, which relays communication between said communication apparatus and a server apparatus providing the image sharing services, holds the authentication information; a second determination unit configured to determine, based on a determination result of said first determination unit, whether said communication apparatus transmits image data using the image sharing services to the server apparatus or said communication apparatus causes the relay apparatus to transmit the image data to the server apparatus; a transmission unit configured to: 1) transmit the image data to the server apparatus as a transmission destination in a case where said second determination unit determines that said communication apparatus transmits the image data to the server apparatus; and 2) transmit the image data to the relay apparatus as a transmission destination in a case where said second determination unit determines that said communication apparatus causes the relay apparatus to transmit the image data to the server apparatus; and a request unit configured to request the relay apparatus to transmit the image data to the server apparatus in a case where said second determination unit determines that said communication apparatus causes the relay apparatus to transmit the image data to the server apparatus, wherein said request unit does not request a transmission of the image data in a case where said second determination unit determines that said communication apparatus transmits the image data to the server apparatus.