Patent ID: 6977748
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communication apparatus comprising: a program memory configured to store a program, the image communication apparatus being controlled based on the program; a communicator configured to receive an updating program via a network; an internal memory configured to store the received updating program, the internal memory being built in the image communication apparatus; a memory slot configured to have an external memory card connected to the memory slot; and a controller configured, when the updating program is received, to judge whether a data amount of the received updating program exceeds a capacity of the internal memory, to store the received program in the internal memory when the data amount of the received updating program is judged not to exceed the capacity of the internal memory, and to update the program stored in the program memory, based on the updating program stored in the internal memory, the controller, when the a data amount of the received updating program is judged to exceed the capacity of the internal memory, being further configured to store the received program in the external memory card inserted into the memory slot, and to update the program stored in the program memory, based on the updating program stored in the external memory card.