Patent ID: 7957026

Claim:
An image transmitting apparatus, comprising: a reading condition obtaining unit that obtains a first reading condition relating to an image from an external apparatus via a network; a comparing unit that compares the first reading condition obtained by the reading condition obtaining unit and a second reading condition already set in the image transmitting apparatus; a reading condition determining unit that determines, when the comparing unit determines that the first reading condition is different from the second reading condition, which one of the first reading condition and the second reading condition is to be used as a reading condition when selecting an image data to be transmitted to the external device, wherein the first reading condition contains priority information, and the priority information includes compulsory information indicating a setting of the first reading condition is compulsory and arbitrary information indicating that a setting of the first reading condition is arbitrarily requested, and the reading condition determining unit determines that the first reading condition is the reading condition when the compulsory information is included in the first reading condition, and determines that the second reading condition is the reading condition when the arbitrary information is included in the first reading condition; and an image transmitting unit that transmits image data that matches with the reading condition determined by the reading condition determining unit to the external apparatus.