Patent ID: 8248646

Claim:
A data transmission device configured to be connected with terminal devices via a network, comprising: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire image data; an identifying data acquiring unit configured to acquire user identifying data to identify a user of the data transmission device; a first file creating unit configured to create a first file that includes the image data acquired by the image acquiring unit; a second file creating unit configured to create a second file that includes the user identifying data acquired by the identifying data acquiring unit and data to specify the first file created by the first file creating unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit the first file and the second file to a destination one of the terminal devices; and a receiving unit configured to receive storage location data from the destination terminal device to specify a storage location of the first file when the first file is successfully transmitted to the destination terminal device, wherein the second file creating unit is configured to create the second file that further includes link information regarding a link to the first file based on the storage location data received by the receiving unit.