Data transmission device with address searching feature, data transmission method, and data transmission program
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1. A data transmission device, comprising:
- an address storing device for storing each user'"'"'s addresses for receiving data;
a user authentication device for authenticating a person as a specific user in response to an identification inputted by the person;
an address searching device for searching a first address of the authenticated user for receiving data, and a second address of another user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user;
an address displaying device for displaying both of the addresses located by the address searching device when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are located by the address searching device, wherein when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are displayed, the address displaying unit displays the first address first, followed by the second address, each as candidates for transmission designation;
an address-designating device for designating an address selected from among the first address and the second address by the authenticated user, as a transmission destination; and
a transmitting device for transmitting the data to the transmission destination designated by the address designating device.
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Abstract
The MFP used as a data transmission device authenticates a data entering person as a specific user in correspondence with a specific data input, searches data receiving addresses related to the authenticated user among the data receiving addresses of each user registered in the address book, assigns the data receiving addresses located during the search as transmission destinations, and transmits the data to the assigned transmission destinations.
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1. A data transmission device, comprising:
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an address storing device for storing each user'"'"'s addresses for receiving data; a user authentication device for authenticating a person as a specific user in response to an identification inputted by the person; an address searching device for searching a first address of the authenticated user for receiving data, and a second address of another user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user; an address displaying device for displaying both of the addresses located by the address searching device when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are located by the address searching device, wherein when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are displayed, the address displaying unit displays the first address first, followed by the second address, each as candidates for transmission designation; an address-designating device for designating an address selected from among the first address and the second address by the authenticated user, as a transmission destination; and a transmitting device for transmitting the data to the transmission destination designated by the address designating device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data transmission method comprising the steps of:
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1) storing each user'"'"'s addresses for receiving data in a memory; 2) authenticating a person as a specific user in response to an identification inputted by the person into an input device; 3) searching a first address of the authenticated user for receiving data, and a second address of another user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user with an address searching device; 4) displaying both of the addresses located by the address searching device on a display when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are obtained by the address searching device, wherein when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are displayed, the display displays the first address first, followed by the second address, each as candidates for transmission designation; 5) designating an address selected from among the first address and the second address by the authenticated user, as a transmission destination; and 6) transmitting the data to the designated transmission destination.
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14. A computer-readable data storage device storing a data transmission program, said data transmission program causing a computer to execute a process comprising the steps of:
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1) authenticating a person as a specific user in response to an identification inputted by the person; 2) searching a first address of the authenticated user for receiving data, and a second address of another user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user; 3) displaying both of the addresses located by the address searching unit when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are obtained, wherein when both of the first address of the authenticated user and the second address of the other user who approves of receiving data from the authenticated user are displayed, the first address is displayed first, followed by the second address, each as candidates for transmission designation; 4) designating an address selected from among the first address and the second address by the authenticated user, as a transmission destination; and 5) transmitting the data to the designated transmission destination.
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