Patent ID: 8645475

Claim:
An image transmission system including a server and an image transmission device that are connected via a network, the server providing recipient information which includes recipient specification information that specifies a recipient, and a transmission method and a destination for transmission of image data to the recipient, the server comprising: a recording medium; a registration/update reception unit operable to receive recipient information and display mode designation information for registration or updating, the display mode designation information designating a display mode for setting display items for the recipient information, and the recipient information and the display mode designation information having been designated by the recipient; and a recording controller operable to, (i) upon reception of the recipient information and display mode designation information for registration, record the recipient information and display mode designation information for registration to the recording medium in association with a recipient identifier that identifies the recipient who designated the recipient information and display mode designation information for registration, and (ii) upon reception of the recipient information and display mode designation information for updating, to overwrite the recipient information and display mode designation information recorded to the recording medium in association with the recipient identifier, with the recipient information and display mode designation information for updating, and the image transmission device comprising: a display; a selection reception unit operable to receive a selection of a recipient identifier selected by a sender from an address book corresponding to the sender; a determination unit operable to make a determination of whether or not the recipient identifier so selected is able to reference, in the address book, the recipient information and the display mode designation information recorded in the server; an acquisition unit operable to, if the determination by the determination unit is affirmative, acquire, from the server, the recipient information and display mode designation information associated with the selected recipient identifier; a transmitter operable to transmit the image data in accordance with the acquired recipient information; and a display controller operable to control a screen displayed by the display used by the sender to display the recipient information associated with the selected recipient identifier, in accordance with the display mode designated in the display mode designation information associated with the selected recipient identifier.