Patent ID: 8223362
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus configured to send image data, comprising: a reading unit adapted to read an image of an original and generate image data based on the image of the original; a selection unit adapted to select a first sending mode or a second sending mode as a sending mode for sending the image data, the first sending mode being a mode in which an e-mail attached with the image data which does not follow an internet FAX standard can be sent, and the second sending mode being a mode for sending an e-mail attached with the image data which follows the internet FAX standard; a control unit adapted to allow a user to input a parameter for generating the image data, wherein the control unit allows the user to input the parameter for generating the image data which does not follow the internet FAX standard in response to the first sending mode being selected by said selection unit, and the control unit does not allow the user to input a parameter for generating the image data which does not follow the internet FAX standard so that the user inputs the parameter that follows the internet FAX standard in response to the second sending mode being selected by said selection unit; and a sending unit adapted to send the e-mail attached with the image data in accordance with the sending mode selected.