Patent ID: 6710894
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An image data communication apparatus connected to an image data source and to a network, and transmitting the image data attached to an e-mail to a receiving apparatus via the network, the e-mail including a mail from command and a mail message, the image data attached to e-mail as an openable document, the image data communication apparatus comprising:a memory configured to store information regarding an identification of a user of the image data communication apparatus; a panel section configured to select the information regarding the identification of the user in the memory; and a controller configured to set the information regarding the identification of the user selected by the panel section into the mail message of the e-mail to which the image data is attached, whereby opening, at the receiving apparatus, of the attached image data is not required to determine the information regarding identification of the user.