Patent ID: 7379930

Claim:
A multifunctional product configured to communicate data with at least one other multifunctional product over a network using a prescribed communications protocol, said multifunctional product comprising: an image information obtaining device configured to obtain image information; a document file storing device configured to store the image information in a prescribed location as a document file; a designating device configured to designate at least one other multifunctional product to receive a document file; and an electronic mail transmission device configured to transmit an electronic mail to the multifunctional product designated by the designating device with confidential link information including partial location information related to a location of the document file; wherein said at least one other multifunctional product includes a table listing at least one full location information enabling the at least one other multifunctional product to access a corresponding document file, and identifies corresponding full location information based on the partial location information; and wherein said at least one other multifunctional product downloads the document file by accessing the document file storing device using the corresponding full location information.