Patent ID: 8994977
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image transmission apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store an address book, wherein a plurality of destinations and a plurality of pieces of authentication information each being associated with a different one of the plurality of destinations are registered in the address book; a destination setting unit configured to set a destination for transmitting image data, the destination being selected from the address book stored in the storage unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the destination set by the destination setting unit; an authentication unit configured to perform processing for authentication required for the transmission unit to transmit the image data to the destination set by the destination setting unit, wherein the processing performed by the authentication unit is performed after the destination setting unit has set the destination; a selection unit configured to select one of a first authentication mode, in which the authentication unit performs the processing for authentication by using the authentication information, stored in the storage unit, corresponding to the destination selected from the address book and a second authentication mode, in which the authentication unit performs the processing for authentication by using authentication information, which is entered by a user, when the transmission unit transmits the image data to the destination set by the destination setting unit; and a limitation unit configured to limit a total number of destinations, set by the destination setting unit, to at most a preset upper limit to which the transmission unit transmits the image data in a case that the selection unit selects the second authentication mode, wherein in a case where the selection unit selects the first authentication mode, the total number of destinations for the image data to be transmitted by the transmission unit is not limited to the preset upper limit.