DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a data transmission apparatus capable of transmitting data by using a plurality of transmission media, comprises an authority storage unit, adapted to store authority information representing use authority to use each transmission medium by each user; and a transmission control unit, adapted to, in transmitting data, restrict data transmission to a destination corresponding to a transmission medium for which a current user does not have the use authority.
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32 Claims
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21. A data transmission apparatus that uses a plurality of types of transmission media, which transmits data using at least one of the plurality of types of transmission media, the apparatus comprising:
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a destination storage unit that is configured to store a group destination including a plurality of individual destinations, wherein each of the plurality of individual destinations includes information representing one of the plurality of types of transmission media; and a transmission controller that identifies a restricted type of transmission medium, for which a current user does not have use authority, by referring to an authority storage unit that stores authority information representing each of a plurality of users'"'"' use authorities to use one of the plurality of types of transmission media, and restricts transmission of data to a group destination including a destination of the restricted type of transmission medium, wherein the plurality of types of transmission media includes at least one of;
email, facsimile (FAX), file transfer protocol (FTP), and server message block (SMB). - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of controlling a data transmission apparatus that uses a plurality of types of transmission media and that transmits data using at least one of the plurality of types of transmission media, the method comprising:
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storing, in a destination storage unit, a group destination including a plurality of individual destinations, wherein each of the plurality of individual destinations includes information representing one of the plurality of types of transmission media; identifying a restricted type of transmission medium, for which a current user does not have use authority, by referring to an authority storage unit that stores authority information representing each of a plurality of users'"'"' use authorities to use one of the plurality of types of transmission media; and restricting transmission of data to a group destination including a destination of the restricted type of transmission medium, wherein the plurality of types of transmission media includes at least one of;
email, facsimile (FAX), file transfer protocol (FTP), and server message block (SMB).
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32. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a method of controlling a data transmission apparatus that uses a plurality of types of transmission media and that transmits data using at least one of the plurality of types of transmission media, the program comprising:
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code for accessing, from a destination storage unit, a group destination including a plurality of individual destinations, wherein each of the plurality of individual destinations includes information representing one of the plurality of types of transmission media; and code for identifying a restricted type of transmission medium, for which a current user does not have use authority, by referring to an authority storage unit that stores authority information representing each of a plurality of users'"'"' use authorities to use one of the plurality of types of transmission media; and code for restricting transmission of data to a group destination including a destination of the restricted type of transmission medium, wherein the plurality of types of transmission media includes at least one of;
email, facsimile (FAX), file transfer protocol (FTP), and server message block (SMB).
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