Patent ID: 8531704
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image communication apparatus having a plurality of destinations registered in advance, and transmitting image data to an address designated from said plurality of destinations as a transmission destination, comprising: a storage device storing destination information used by said image communication apparatus to identify said destination, and frequency of use of said destination as a transmission destination; a destination display device displaying the plurality of destinations registered in advance in said storage device, giving higher priority to a destination having high frequency of use than a destination having low frequency; a designating device connected to said destination display device, allowing a user to designate a transmission destination from a plurality of destinations displayed by said destination display device; an image data transmitting device, connected to said designating device, for transmitting image data to a transmission destination designated by said designating device; and a display changing device connected to said storage device and said destination display device, for changing, if an address stored in said storage device and having low frequency of use and displayed without priority is designated as a transmission destination, a manner of display by said display device to display the address with priority, wherein: said storage device includes a first area for storing information related to a destination having the high frequency and a second area for storing information related to a destination having the low frequency; said destination display device includes a hierarchical display device displaying said plurality of destinations registered in advance in said storage device in a hierarchical manner, with a destination stored in said first area displayed on an upper layer than a destination stored in said second area; said display changing device includes an area changing device for changing, if a destination stored in said second area and displayed on a lower layer is designated as a transmission destination, the destination to be stored in said first area; said first area is a normal folder and said second area is a temporary save folder; and said area changing device includes an area moving device for moving a destination from said save folder to said normal folder.