Patent ID: 6191807
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A communication apparatus comprising:receiving means for receiving images from a plurality of external apparatuses;display means for displaying (i) information which said communication apparatus holds, and (ii) the images received by said receiving means;instruction means for moving a display position of the information which said communication apparatus holds, on said display means so as to provide an instruction regarding to which of said plurality of external apparatuses the information which said communication apparatus holds is transmitted; andtransmission means for transmitting the information which said communication apparatus holds to said external apparatus in response to the information which said communication apparatus holds being moved onto the received image by said instruction means,wherein said display means displays two or more apparatuses instructed among said plurality of external apparatuses by said instruction means in such a manner that the instructed two or more apparatuses can be identified from the rest of the external apparatuses which are not instructed, and wherein said transmission means then transmits said information to said two or more terminals instructed by said instruction means, based on a predetermined operation of a user.