Patent ID: 8695065
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data communication apparatus comprising: a scanning unit configured to scan an original to obtain image data corresponding to the original; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the image data obtained by the scanning unit; a storage unit configured to store an address storage section in which addresses are registered, each of the addresses corresponding to an ID; an accepting unit configured to accept an ID from a user who uses the data communication apparatus; and a control unit configured to select, for operating the data communication apparatus, a first mode or a second mode based on instruction of the user of which the ID has been accepted by the accepting unit, the first mode in which an address selected by the user from the address storage section is determined as a transmission destination of the image data, and the second mode in which characters input by the user, instead of the user selecting from the address storage section, are determined as a transmission destination of the image data, wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the first mode is selected for operating the data communication apparatus, permit the image data to be transmitted to the address selected by the user from the address storage section if the address selected by the user from the address storage section corresponds to the ID accepted by the accepting unit, and restrict the image data from being transmitted to the address selected by the user from the address storage section if the address selected by the user from the address storage section does not correspond to the ID accepted by the accepting unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to, in a case where the second mode is selected for operating the data communication apparatus, permit, if the characters input by the user are registered in the address storage section as one address which corresponds to the ID accepted by the accepting unit, the image data to be transmitted to the one address, and restrict, if the characters input by the user are registered in the address storage section as a particular address which does not correspond to the ID accepted by the accepting unit, the image data from being transmitted to the particular address.