Patent ID: 8937733
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A transmission apparatus for transmitting image data of a document via at least one e-mail, comprising: a document obtain unit operable to obtain the image data of the document; a mail send unit operable to, when the document is a multi-page document, generate separate e-mails, and attach image data of a specific page of the document which is obtained by the document obtain unit to a first e-mail to be sent of the separate e-mails in an instance when the specific page is the first page of the multi-page document and in an instance when the specific page is a page of the multi-page document other than the first page, the specific page containing information used for contacting the sender, and attach image data of remaining pages to either a single one or a plurality of the separate e-mails based on a determination of whether the image data of the remaining pages collectively exceeds a predetermined size; a detecting unit for detecting the information used for contacting the sender from the multi-page document; and a designation unit for designating a page as the specific page based on the detection of the information used for contacting the sender.