Patent ID: 8478885
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image photographic apparatus, comprising: an information recording medium configured to record an image of a subject; a detection device configured to detect a request for communication start including an instrument inherent password and a Mac address of a client, which is transmitted from the client connected to a network; a selection-input device configured to select and input whether allowing communication to the client transmitting the request for communication start; a transmitting device configured to transmit the image of the subject stored in the information recording medium to the client when the communication to the client is allowed by the selection-input device; a drawing-out device configured to draw out the instrument inherent password and the Mac address of the client transmitting the request for communication start from the detected request for communication start transmitted from the client; and an information preparing device configured to prepare instrument inherent information from a manufacturer's serial number of the image photographic apparatus and the drawn-out Mac address, wherein the transmitting device is configured to automatically transmit the image of the subject to the client when the prepared instrument inherent information corresponds to the instrument inherent password drawn-out from the request for communication start, and wherein a selection input screen is displayed on a display of the image photographic apparatus, the selection input screen containing an automatic responsive button for automatically responding to the request for communication start by storing the Mac address of the client in a table when the automatic responsive button is operated, and the image photographic apparatus automatically responds to a request for communication start from a client which has the Mac address previously stored in the table.