Patent ID: 7551308
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus for transmitting data, the apparatus comprising: an input unit adapted to input data; a transmitting unit adapted to transmit the data inputted by said input unit and capable of executing one of plural types of transmitting operations; a management unit adapted to manage address management information that includes multiple pieces of address information, each of the address information corresponding to one of plural types of transmitting operations; a selecting unit adapted to select the address information included in the address management information; a control unit adapted to control said transmitting unit to transmit data, based on the address information selected by said selecting unit, using one of the plural types of transmitting operations corresponding to the selected address information; and an importing unit adapted to import the address management information from an external apparatus, wherein said importing unit imports the address information corresponding to a predetermined type of transmitting operation included in the plural types of transmitting operations, in a case where the predetermined type of transmitting operation is effective, and wherein said importing unit does not import the address information corresponding to the predetermined type of transmitting operation in a case where the predetermined type of transmitting operation is ineffective.