Patent ID: 8867082

Claim:
A transmitting apparatus, that has a broadcast function transmitting data to a plurality of destination devices via a communication network, comprising: a touch panel configured to include a displaying part with a display and a sensing part located at the display side of the displaying part to detect a position and/or an area of a contact object and to output operating position information as detected information, to display a predetermined display image and to receive an operation input having a gesture; a broadcast direction receiving part configured to receive the operation input directing execution of the broadcast; a broadcast job executing part configured to execute, when the broadcast direction receiving part receives the operation input directing the execution of the broadcast, a plurality of transmission jobs in a predetermined order; a broadcast job display controlling part configured to control, when the broadcast direction receiving part receives the operation input directing the execution of the broadcast, the display so as to display identifying information of the transmission job and a job identifier indicating a communication state of the transmission job for every transmission jobs; a gesture detecting part configured to detect, on the basis of the operating position information outputted from the touch panel, a gesture area handled on the touch panel by the contact object; a broadcast job execution controlling part configured to control, when the gesture area detected by the gesture detecting part is an entirely or partly corresponding area to a given area having a display area of one or more given job identifiers among a plurality of the job identifiers, the broadcast job executing part to not execute the transmission job not yet transmitted among the transmission jobs corresponding to the one or more given job identifiers.