Patent ID: 9270839
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G03G,G06F,G06K,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A data transmitting apparatus that is shared by a plurality of users, comprising: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of destination addresses, wherein an address book is comprised of at least a part of the plurality of destination addresses stored in the storage unit, and wherein the plurality of destination addresses include a destination address which is made public to a specific user, a destination address which is made public to a specific group including a plurality of users and a destination address which is made public to any user; a transmitting unit configured to transmit image data to at least one destination address selected from the plurality of destination addresses stored in the storage unit; and a display control unit configured to, when receiving an instruction to register a new address from a user who has logged in to the data transmitting apparatus, (i) generate, if the user belongs to at least one group, a first registering screen with which it is selectable to register the new address to be registered as the destination address which is made public to the user, as the destination address which is made public to the group to which the user belong, or as the destination address which is made public to the any user, and (ii) generate, if the user does not belong to any group, a second registering screen with which it is selectable to register the new address to be registered as the destination address which is made public to the user or as the destination address which is made public to the any user.