Patent ID: 8004593

Claim:
A digital image apparatus comprising: a storage unit in which digital image information is stored; a display unit that displays the digital image information stored in the storage unit; a setting unit that sets a recipient of the digital image information; a communication unit that transmits the digital image information stored in the storage unit to a recipient set through the setting unit; and an updating unit that updates transmission history information including recipient information indicating a recipient of the digital image information each time the digital image information is transmitted by the communication unit and stores the updated transmission history information into the storage unit in correspondence to the digital image information, wherein when the recipient of digital image information to be transmitted is set through the setting unit, the digital image information stored in the storage unit is displayed, the display unit also displays the recipient information included in transmission history information updated by the updating unit pertaining to the digital image information to be transmitted in correspondence to the digital image information; wherein the transmission history information includes image reproduction information indicating a reproduction record at the recipient of the digital image information having been transmitted; the communication unit receives the image reproduction information from the recipient of the digital image information which is external; and the updating unit updates the image reproduction information included in the transmission history information based upon the image reproduction information that has been received, when the digital image information stored in the storage unit is displayed, the display unit also displays the image reproduction information.