Patent ID: 8468468
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A data transmission device, comprising: a user input reception unit configured to receive a user input; a display unit; a directory selection unit configured to select a directory from among a plurality of directories in a hierarchical directory structure in accordance with an input for directory selection inputted through the user input reception unit, the hierarchical directory structure containing destination names; a selected directory display control unit configured to display a selected directory selected by a first selection input through the user input reception unit on the display unit; a lower directory acquisition unit configured to, after the selected directory has been selected, acquire information on lower directories belonging to the selected directory from the hierarchical directory structure; a lower directory display control unit configured to display the acquired information on lower directories on the display unit so that one of the lower directories can be selected using the directory selection unit; a search unit configured to, after one of the lower directories has been selected by a second selection input through the user input reception unit, and without searching directories not belonging to the selected one of the lower directories, execute an alphabetical search of the selected one of the lower directories for a target destination name matching a character string inputted through the user input reception unit and configured to display names matching the character string on the display unit as a result of the alphabetical search; a destination name selection unit configured to select a target destination name from the searched names displayed on the display unit; and a data transmission unit configured to execute facsimile or e-mail transmission to transmit data to a facsimile number or an e-mail address corresponding to the target destination name selected by the destination name selection unit.