Patent ID: 8054492
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image sending system in which a server providing sending methods for image data and a plurality of image sending apparatuses are network-connected, wherein the server includes: a recording medium; a registration update reception unit operable to receive a registration and an update of sending method specification information specified by a receiver and indicating a sending method for image data addressed to the receiver; and a recording controller operable to, (i) when the registration is received, record on the recording medium the sending method specification information and an identifier of the receiver in association with each other, and (ii) when the update is received, rewrite the recorded sending method specification information with updated sending method specification information; and each of the plurality of image sending apparatuses includes: a selection reception unit operable to receive a selection of an identifier of a receiver of image data to be sent; an obtaining unit operable to obtain from the server the recorded sending method specification information and identifier of the receiver; and a sending controller operable to, when the identifier of the receiver in the received selection matches the obtained identifier of the receiver, send the image data to be sent by the sending method indicated by the obtained sending method specification information.