Patent ID: 7836013
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data transmission system comprising a registration server on which recipient information is registered and a data transmission apparatus that is connected to the registration server over a network and transmits data to a recipient, the registration server comprising: a first storage portion configured to store a first database in which information including recipient information is registered, wherein the recipient information comprises destination information to which data is to be sent, a search portion configured to search and re-search the registered information using the same search parameter corresponding to a recipient designation key for the data transmission apparatus to obtain a first recipient information, and a communication portion configured to output the first recipient information obtained by the search portion to the data transmission apparatus, the data transmission apparatus comprising: a second storage portion configured to store the search parameter and a second database in which the first recipient information obtained with the search parameter is registered in association with the recipient designation key corresponding to the search parameter, a display portion configured to display a recipient setting screen that displays the recipient designation keys stored in the second storage portion, a transmission portion configured to transmit data to the recipient corresponding to a selected recipient designation key, and an update portion configured to update the first recipient information stored in the second database; wherein, when the recipient information registered in the first database is updated, the search portion of the registration server performs a re-search of the first database based on the same search parameter as used to obtain the first recipient information and stored in the second storage portion to obtain a second recipient information, the communication portion of the registration server sends the second recipient information obtained by the re-search by the search portion to the data transmission apparatus, and the update portion of the data transmission apparatus updates the second database so that the first recipient information in the second database is replaced by the second recipient information and the second recipient information is registered in association with the recipient designation key.