Patent ID: 7428577

Claim:
A data transfer processing apparatus which controls data transfer in a device, comprising: a registration unit that registers reply destination information indicating each of a plurality of reply destinations, the plurality of reply destinations being different from each other and corresponding to a respective plurality of statuses of the device, wherein the reply destination information refers to an address to which an answer is transmitted in response to an electronic mail; a status obtaining unit that obtains status information about one of the plurality of statuses of said device; a message obtaining unit that obtains a message according to the status information obtained by said status obtaining unit; a transmission data generation unit that generates transmission data according to the message obtained by said message obtaining unit, according to destination information indicating a destination address to which the transmission data is transmitted, and according to the reply destination information indicating one of the plurality of reply destinations, which is determined based on the status information obtained by said status obtaining unit, wherein the generated transmission data includes the destination information and the reply destination information indicating one of the plurality of reply destinations, which is determined based on the status information obtained by said status obtaining unit, the reply destination indicated by the reply destination information being a destination for a reply to the electronic mail; and an electronic mail transmission unit that transmits as electronic mail the transmission data generated by said transmission data generation unit.