DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUITED FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA AMONG A PLURALITY OF DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS CONSTITUTING SUCH SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION DESTINATION UPDATE METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DESTINATION UPDATE PROGRAM EXECUTED BY SUCH DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A data communication system in which a plurality of data communication apparatuses are connected in a manner enabling communication, each of said plurality of data communication apparatuses comprising:
- a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods; and
a user storage portion for associating and storing user identification information of a user, a communication method, and destination information for each said user;
among said plurality of data communication apparatuses, a data transmission apparatus includesa destination designation portion for accepting designation of user identification information stored in said user storage portion,a data accepting portion for accepting data,a data transmission portion for controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted, based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with said user identification information accepted,a comparing portion for comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted, andan update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of a comparison by said comparing portion.
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Abstract
In order to allow the communication method for receiving data to be set at the side receiving the data, among a plurality of data communication apparatuses, a data transmission apparatus includes a destination designation portion for accepting designation of user identification information, a data accepting portion for accepting data, a data transmission portion for transmitting the data based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with the user identification information, a comparing portion for comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which the reply data was received when the reply data for the transmitted data is received, and an update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in the reply data with the communication method by which the reply data was received and with the destination information included in the reply data based on the result of a comparison.
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13 Claims
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1. A data communication system in which a plurality of data communication apparatuses are connected in a manner enabling communication, each of said plurality of data communication apparatuses comprising:
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a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods; and a user storage portion for associating and storing user identification information of a user, a communication method, and destination information for each said user; among said plurality of data communication apparatuses, a data transmission apparatus includes a destination designation portion for accepting designation of user identification information stored in said user storage portion, a data accepting portion for accepting data, a data transmission portion for controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted, based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with said user identification information accepted, a comparing portion for comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted, and an update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of a comparison by said comparing portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A data communication system in which a plurality of data communication apparatuses are connected in a manner enabling communication, each of said plurality of data communication apparatuses comprising
a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods, and among said plurality of data communication apparatuses, a data transmission apparatus includes a destination designation portion for accepting destination information and a communication method of communicating data for a user at transmission destination, a data accepting portion for accepting data, a first data transmission portion for controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted and a job ID for identifying a job of transmitting the data, based on said communication method and the destination information accepted, a transmission history storage portion for storing transmission history that includes destination information and a communication method of communicating data transmitted by said first data transmission portion, user identification information for identifying said user at the transmission destination, and said job ID, a second data transmission portion for transmitting data based on said communication method and said destination information included in said transmission history when one of said transmission history is designated, a comparing portion for comparing the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted, and an update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of a comparison by said comparing portion.
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8. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:
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a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods; a user storage portion for associating and storing user identification information of a user, a communication method, and destination information for each said user; a destination designation portion for accepting designation of user identification information stored in said user storage portion; a data accepting portion for accepting data; a data transmission portion for controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted, based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with said user identification information accepted; a comparing portion for comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted; and an update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of a comparison by said comparing portion.
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9. A data transmission apparatus, comprising:
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a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods; a destination designation portion for accepting destination information and a communication method of communicating data for a user at transmission destination; a data accepting portion for accepting data; a first data transmission portion for controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted and a job ID for identifying a job of transmitting the data, based on said communication method and the destination information accepted; a transmission history storage portion for storing transmission history that includes destination information and a communication method of communicating data transmitted by said first data transmission portion, user identification information for identifying said user at the transmission destination, and said job ID; a second data transmission portion for transmitting data based on said communication method and said destination information included in said transmission history when one of said transmission history is designated; a comparing portion for comparing the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted; and an update portion for updating the communication method and the destination information included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of a comparison by said comparing portion.
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10. A transmission destination update method executed by a data transmission apparatus including a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods, and a user storage portion for associating and storing user identification information of a user, a communication method, and destination information for each said user, the method comprising the steps of:
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accepting designation of user identification information stored in said user storage portion; accepting data; controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted, based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with said user identification information accepted; comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted; and updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of said comparison.
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11. A transmission destination update method executed by a data transmission apparatus including a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods, comprising the steps of:
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accepting destination information and a communication method of communicating data for a user at transmission destination; accepting data; controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted and a job ID for identifying a job of transmitting the data, based on said communication method and the destination information accepted; storing transmission history that includes a communication method and destination information of said data transmitted, user identification information for identifying said user at the transmission destination, and said job ID; transmitting data based on said communication method and said destination information included in said transmission history when one of said transmission history is designated; comparing the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted; and updating the communication method and the destination information included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of said comparison.
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12. A transmission destination update program embodied on a computer readable medium causing a computer controlling a data transmission apparatus including a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods, and a user storage portion for associating and storing user identification information of a user, a communication method, and destination information for each said user, to execute the following steps of:
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accepting designation of user identification information stored in said user storage portion; accepting data; controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted based on a communication method and destination information stored in association with said user identification information accepted; comparing the communication method stored in association with user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted; and updating the communication method and the destination information stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method stored in association with the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of said comparison.
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13. A transmission destination update program embodied on a computer readable medium causing a computer controlling a data transmission apparatus including a communication portion capable of communicating in multiple types of communication methods to execute the following steps of:
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accepting destination information and a communication method of communicating data for a user at transmission destination; accepting data; controlling said communication portion to transmit said data accepted and a job ID for identifying a job of transmitting the data, based on said communication method and the destination information accepted; storing transmission history that includes destination information and a communication method of said data transmitted, user identification information for identifying said user at the transmission destination, and said job ID; transmitting data based on said communication method and said destination information included in said transmission history when one of said transmission history is designated; comparing the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in reply data with a communication method by which said communication portion receives said reply data when said communication portion receives said reply data for said data transmitted; and updating the communication method and the destination information included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data with the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data and with the destination information included in said reply data if the communication method included in said transmission history including the job ID and the user identification information included in said reply data and the communication method by which said communication portion received said reply data do not match as a result of said comparison.
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