Patent ID: 8451480

Claim:
An image communication apparatus, connected to a plurality of communication lines, for transmitting image data using any of said plurality of communication lines, comprising: a storage unit for storing, in a mutually associated manner, in advance identification information for a user to identify a transmission destination, transmission destination information for specifying a transmission destination for transmitting said image data using said communication line, and line information, in including a piece of information for specifying the communication line to be used for transmission or a piece of information indicating that the communication line to be used for transmission is not specified, among said plurality of communication lines; an input unit for the user to input the identification information; a call unit calling said transmission destination information and said line information, based on the identification information input by the user; a display input unit for receiving a user input, if it is determined that the communication line to be used for transmission is not specified by said called line information, of a communication line to be used for transmitting said image data among said plurality of communication lines; and a transmission unit transmitting the image data to said transmission destination based on said called transmission destination information and said line information; wherein said transmission unit includes a unit for transmitting, if it is determined that the communication line to be used for transmission is specified by said called line information, the image data using the communication line specified by said called line information, and a unit for transmitting, if it is determined that the communication line to be used for transmission is not specified by said called line information, the image data using a communication line input by the user at the time of transmission of the image data; a broadcasting unit for setting a communication line for transmitting the image data to a plurality of transmission destinations; wherein said broadcasting unit includes a unit for setting, if it is determined that a communication line to be used for transmission is specified by said called line information, to use the specified communication line, a unit for setting, if it is determined that a communication line to be used for transmission is not specified by said called line information, to use a communication line input by the user at the time of image data transmission, and a unit for controlling said transmission unit such that the image data is transmitted using said set communication line.