Patent ID: 7256905

Claim:
A communication apparatus for transmitting data comprising: a transmitting unit adapted to transmit data and capable of executing one of plural types of transmitting operations; a management unit adapted to manage and import, from an external device, address management information managed in the external device; an obtaining unit adapted to obtain the transmission destination based on the address information included in the address management information; and a control unit adapted to control said transmitting unit so as to transmit data to the transmission destination obtained by the obtaining unit using one of the plural types of transmitting operations corresponding to the transmission destination; wherein said management unit imports the plurality of address information corresponding to predetermined type of transmitting operation included in the plurality of transmitting operations in a case where the predetermined type of transmitting operation is in a state available for the communication apparatus, and wherein said management unit does not import the plurality of address information corresponding to the predetermined type of transmitting operation in a case where the predetermined type of transmitting operation is not in the state available for the communication apparatus.