Patent ID: 7590769
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data communication apparatus comprising: an input unit adapted to input an image to be transmitted; a transmitting unit that is capable of transmitting an image by a plurality of transmission protocols; a control unit connected to the input unit and the transmitting unit and adapted to designate a plurality of destinations for the same image to be transmitted and manage information relating to the transmission made by said transmitting unit by associating a same predetermined identifier to the plurality of transmissions of the same image, wherein each of the plurality of destinations is associated with any one of the plurality of transmission protocols by which the transmitting unit is capable of transmitting the image; a display unit connected to the control unit and adapted to display that the same identifier is assigned to each of the plurality of transmissions to the plurality of destinations designated for the same image and adapted to display a list based on information relating to the plurality of transmissions; and a reception unit connected to the control unit and adapted to receive instructions from a user, wherein the control unit performs a processing corresponding to an instruction for the plurality of transmissions associated with the identifier in response to the reception unit receiving the instruction together with the identifier and performs a processing corresponding to an instruction for a specific one of the plurality of transmissions in response to the reception unit receiving the instruction together with the specific one of the plurality of transmissions, and wherein the transmitting unit transmits the same image to the plurality of destinations designated by the control unit by the respective transmission protocols.