Patent ID: 7127532
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data communication apparatus comprising: input means for inputting data to be transmitted to at least one of a plurality of destinations; transmitting means for transmitting data to the plurality of destinations by respective different transmission methods; and control means connected to the input means and the transmitting means for designating the plurality of destinations for the same data to be transmitted to the destinations by the respective different transmission methods and for managing information relating to the transmission made by said transmitting means by associating a same predetermined identifier to all of the plurality of transmissions of the same data; display means connected to the control means for displaying that the same identifier is assigned to each of the plurality of transmissions to the plurality of destinations designated for the same data and for displaying a list based on information relating to the plurality of transmissions; and reception means connected to the control means for receiving instructions from a user, wherein the control means perform a processing corresponding to an instruction for the plurality of transmissions associated with the identifier in response to the reception means receiving the instruction together with the identifier and performs a processing corresponding to an instruction for a specific one of the plurality of transmissions in response to the reception means receiving the instruction together with the specific one of the plurality of transmissions, and wherein the transmitting means transmits the same data to the plurality of destinations designated by the control means by the respective different transmission protocols.