Patent ID: 8643868

Claim:
An image data transmission apparatus that transmits image data of an original to a designated destination of image data transmission and/or a predetermined destination of image data transmission, the apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire the image data; a log transmission unit configured to transmit preceding log information to a log information storing device connected via a network before said acquiring unit starts acquiring the image data or while said acquiring unit acquires the image data, the preceding log information including information about transmission of the image data to be transmitted; a determination unit configured to determine whether the log information storing device has succeeded in receiving or storing the preceding log information; and an image data transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to the designated destination of image data transmission, if said determination unit determines that the log information storing device has succeeded in receiving or storing the preceding log information, wherein, after said image data transmission unit has started transmission of the image data, said log transmission unit transmits succeeding log information to the log information storing device, the succeeding log information including information indicative of whether the transmission of the image data is successful.