Patent ID: 7969601

Claim:
A data communication system, comprising: an input unit configured to input image data by reading an image on an original document; a transmission unit configured to transmit image data input by the input unit to at least one of a plurality of destinations; a determination unit configured to determine whether image data input by the input unit is document data to be transmitted to a destination, cover sheet data which includes destination specifying information for specifying a destination of the document data, or job sheet data which includes verification information for verifying destination specifying information included in the cover sheet data; and a control unit configured to control the transmission unit to transmit document data corresponding to the cover sheet data to a destination specified by the destination specifying information if the destination specifying information included in the cover sheet data matches the verification information included in the job sheet data, wherein, if the determination unit determines that a plurality of pages of image data continuously input by the input unit includes the cover sheet data, the document data corresponding to the cover sheet data, and the job sheet data, the control unit prohibits transmission of document data corresponding to the cover sheet data to a destination specified by the destination specifying information if the destination specifying information included in the cover sheet data does not match the verification information included in the job sheet data.