Patent ID: 7243126

Claim:
A push type scanner apparatus capable of transmitting image data over a network to any of a plurality of data processing apparatus, at least one of the data processing apparatuses having personal address book data set therein, said scanner apparatus comprising: an original scanner for reading an original set in the push type scanner apparatus and outputting image data of an image on a surface of the original, a network connecting interface for connecting the push type scanner apparatus to the network, an address specifying means for specifying a destination address designating a destination for transmitting the image data through the network, a mail creating means for creating mail to be transmitted to the address specified by the address specifying means, an appended file creating means for creating, when the original is read by the original scanner, an appended file comprising the image data of the original to be appended to the mail created by the mail creating means, a transmission executing means for outputting the created mail and the appended file through the network connecting interface to the network, a user data memory that registers user data of the data processing apparatuses having the personal address book data set therein, an address book data obtaining means for obtaining personal address book data from said at least one of the data processing apparatuses by referring to the user data memory in response to entered user data and a password, a general memory for temporarily storing obtained personal address book data, wherein the address specifying means specifies an address from the obtained personal address book data as the destination address.