Patent ID: 8553261

Claim:
An image communication apparatus capable of multicast transmission of transmitting image data to a plurality of transmission destinations in response to one transmission request, comprising: a display device; an input device displaying an address input dialogue on said display device, for receiving a user input to designate an address of a transmission destination of multicast transmission; and first storage storing a multicast transmission history; wherein each records in said multicast transmission history include an address of a destination of multicast transmission; said image communication apparatus further comprising: an extracting device, connected to said input device and said first storage, responsive to said input device receiving an input of an address of a transmission destination of multicast transmission, for extracting, from said multicast transmission history stored in said first storage, a multicast transmission history record including the address received by said input device as a transmission destination, and extracting only an address different from the address received by said input device, included in the extracted multicast transmission history record, as a candidate of multicast transmission destination; and a control device controlling said display device such that said extracted candidate of multicast transmission destination is displayed, in a manner allowing individual selection of each candidate, in said address input dialogue.