Patent ID: 7145993

Claim:
A communication apparatus including means for connecting to a public communication line, a scanner for reading an image, means for converting the image read by said scanner to have a predetermined format, and means for executing a sending process to a server connected to the public communication line in a case where it is necessary to send the converted image-as an electronic mail to the Internet, said apparatus comprising: means for registering a facsimile number of a destination for an abbreviation number; means for registering both a facsimile number and an electronic mail address of a destination for one abbreviation number; means for executing the facsimile sending of the read image to the registered facsimile number in a case where said key representing the facsimile sending is depressed pursuant to the one abbreviation number; and means for executing the electronic mail sending of the read image to the registered electronic mail address in a case where said key representing the electronic mail sending is depressed pursuant to the one abbreviation number, wherein the public communication line is a digital communication line capable of simultaneously executing plural communications, and wherein said apparatus comprises means for executing the facsimile sending of the read image to the registered facsimile number by using a first communication channel, and means for executing the electronic mail sending of the read image to the registered electronic mail address by using a second communication channel, in a case where said key representing the facsimile sending and said key representing the electronic mail sending are depressed pursuant to the one abbreviation number.