Data communication apparatus, control method thereof, computer program and storage medium

• US 8,200,750 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2008
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Odaira, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thuong (Tina)
• Assistant Examiner(s): Eskandarnia, Arvin
• Application Number:
  US12/173,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055470A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00214 details of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0022 involving facsimile protocols or a combination of facsimile protocols and computer data transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00312 with a digital transmission apparatus, e.g. a switched network of teleprinters for the distribution of text-based information, SMS or ISDN device transmitting or receiving via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network or the internet H04N1/00214; transmission of digital information H04L
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32037 Automation of particular transmitter jobs, e.g. multi-address calling, auto-dialing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32069 simultaneously to a plurality of destinations, e.g. multi-casting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32096 Checking the destination, e.g. correspondence of manual input with stored destination
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3207 of an address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3208 of an e-mail or network address
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3221 of a job number or identification, e.g. communication number
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3269 of machine readable codes or marks, e.g. bar codes or glyphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping

Abstract

A data communication apparatus that reduces erroneous transmission, together with allowing an operator to confirm destinations registered as data transmission destinations. To accomplish this, the data communication apparatus includes a destination registering unit adapted to register at least one or more destinations, a data acquisition unit adapted to acquire data to transmit to the registered destinations, a destination list print unit adapted to print a destination list showing the registered destinations to allow an operator to confirm the registered destinations, an operation acquisition unit adapted to acquire, via an operation unit, a first operation operated by the operator if the destinations shown on the destination list are confirmed by the operator, and a transmission unit adapted to transmit, if the first operation is acquired, the acquired data to the destinations shown on the destination list.

Claims

1. A data communication apparatus that transmits data, the apparatus comprising:

an operation unit configured to receive an operation from an operator;

a destination registering unit configured to register one or more destinations, wherein the one or more destination addresses include one or more fax numbers or email addresses;

a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data to be transmitted to the one or more registered destinations;

a destination list print unit configured to print a destination list including the one or more registered destinations to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations;

a display unit configured to display the destination list;

an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire, via the operation unit, a first operation indicating that the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list are confirmed by the operator;

a transmission unit configured to transmit, when the first operation is acquired, the acquired data to the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether printing of the destination list is possible,

wherein the destination registering unit enables data transmission by the transmission unit when the determination unit determines that printing of the destination list is possible, and disables data transmission by the transmission unit when the determination unit determines that printing of the destination list is not possible,

wherein the display unit displays the destination list to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations when a number of the one or more registered destinations is less than a predetermined number, and

wherein the destination list print unit prints the destination list to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations when the number of the one or more registered destinations is greater than or equal to the predetermined number and the determination unit determines that printing of the destination list is possible.

2. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the operation acquisition unit acquires, instead of the first operation, a second operation, when the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list are to be corrected,

wherein the data communication apparatus further comprises a destination editing unit configured to edit, when the second operation is acquired, the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list in accordance with an operation by the operator, and

wherein the destination list print unit prints, when the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list are edited, another destination list including the one or more edited destinations.

3. The data communication apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an execution unit configured to execute, between the destination list being printed or displayed and the first or second operation being acquired, another transmission job that is different from a transmission job for transmitting the acquired data to the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list.

4. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data acquisition unit acquires the data to be transmitted, after the first operation is acquired.

5. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination list print unit gives a print job including the destination list priority over other print jobs.

6. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination list print unit prints the data to be transmitted, together with the destination list.

7. The data communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the destination list print unit prints information for identifying the data to be transmitted together with the destination list.

8. The data communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information for identifying the data to be transmitted is at least one of a receipt number, a character string, and a two-dimensional barcode.

9. A control method performed by a data communication apparatus that transmits data, the method comprising:

registering one or more destinations, wherein the one or more destination addresses include one or more fax numbers or email addresses;

acquiring data to be transmitted to the one or more registered destinations;

displaying the destination list to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations when a number of the one or more registered destinations is less than a predetermined number;

determining whether printing of the destination list is possible, wherein data transmission is enabled when a determination is made that printing of the destination list is possible, and data transmission is disabled when a determination is made that printing of the destination list is not possible;

printing the destination list to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations when the number of the one or more registered destinations is greater than or equal to the predetermined number and the determination is made that printing of the destination list is possible;

acquiring, via an operation unit, a first operation indicating that the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list are confirmed by an operator; and

transmitting, when the first operation is acquired and data transmission is enabled, the acquired data to the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a control method of a data communication apparatus that transmits data, the method comprising:

registering one or more destinations, wherein the one or more destination addresses include one or more fax numbers or email addresses;

acquiring data to be transmitted to the one or more registered destinations;

displaying the destination list to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations when a number of the one or more registered destinations is less than a predetermined number;

determining whether printing of the destination list is possible, wherein data transmission is enabled when a determination is made that printing of the destination list is possible, and data transmission is disabled when a determination is made that printing of the destination list is not possible;

printing the destination list to enable the operator to confirm the one or more registered destinations when the number of the one or more registered destinations is greater than or equal to the predetermined number and the determination is made that printing of the destination list is possible;

acquiring, via an operation unit, a first operation indicating that the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list are confirmed by an operator; and

transmitting, when the first operation is acquired and data transmission is enabled, the acquired data to the one or more registered destinations included in the destination list.