Patent ID: 8400656
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communication apparatus comprising: a document detecting section for detecting the presence or absence of a document; a reading section for reading a document; an e-mail transmitting section for effecting e-mail transmission of target data to be transmitted, said target data including text data of an e-mail message; and a control section for determining that controls the e-mail transmitting section, based on a result of detection provided by the document detecting section, whether or not an e mail is transmitted with use of an attachment file by the e mail transmitting section, such that in response to a detection result indicating the presence of a document, the e-mail transmitting section transmits image data obtained by reading the document as an attachment file with the e-mail message, and such that in response to a detection result indicating the absence of a document, the control section causes a notice to be displayed to a user of the image communication apparatus, the notice requesting user input indicating whether or not e-mail transmission is permitted without an attachment file; and in response to a user input indicating that e-mail transmission is permitted without an attachment file, the e-mail transmitting section transmits the target data as an e-mail message without an attachment file.