Patent ID: 8171299
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data communication apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input data; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the data input by said input unit; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of data pairs, each of the plurality of data pairs comprising a pair of a destination address and an ID; a display unit configured to display the plurality of destination addresses stored in said storage unit as a part of the data pairs, the plurality of destination addresses being for selection by a sender; an address accepting unit configured to accept a destination address selected by the sender among the plurality of destination addresses displayed by said display unit; an ID accepting unit configured to, after said address accepting unit accepts the selected destination address, accept an ID from the sender; a control unit configured to control, when the accepted ID matches an ID paired with the selected destination address, said transmitting unit to transmit the input data to an external apparatus indicated by the selected destination address, and restrict, when the accepted ID does not match the ID paired with the selected destination address, a data transmission to the external apparatus; and a data amount determining unit configured to determine whether an amount of the data input by said input unit is not more than a predetermined value, wherein even in a case where the accepted ID does not match the ID associated with the selected destination address, said transmitting unit transmits the data input by said input unit to the external apparatus indicated by the selected destination address insofar as the amount of the data is not more than the predetermined value.