Patent ID: 7148915

Claim:
An image transmission apparatus comprising: transfer means for transferring to an external apparatus data amount information indicating the amount of target image data and information of a priority order of the target image data, the information of the priority order reflecting an order of transmission of the target image data intended by a first user and being input by the first user in the image transmission apparatus; reception means for receiving from the external apparatus a response signal indicating whether or not the external apparatus will accept transmission of the target image data in accordance with the data amount information, the information of priority order, and a free storage capacity of storage means to store the target image data in the external apparatus, the response signal including information of image data selected by a second user input at the external apparatus based on the data amount information and the information of the priority order; control means for controlling transmission of the target image data in accordance with the response signal received by said reception means indicating whether or not the external apparatus will accept transmission of the target image data; and wherein said image transmission apparatus is a digital camera.