Communication apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9609148-B2
Application number	US-201514818792-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2015
Priority date	Aug 8, 2014
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a communication apparatus configured to transmit image data through a network and a control method therefor. The apparatus stores, as transmission history, a destination and a communication mode for IPFAX at a time of transmission, reads the destination and the communication mode, and transmits image data to the read destination in the read communication mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a communication apparatus capable of facsimile transmitting image data, the method comprising:
storing, as a transmission history, a destination of a facsimile transmission and an F code used for the facsimile transmission;
displaying a list of the transmission history stored in the storing;
determining whether or not a transmission history selected from the list of the transmission history contains the F code;
displaying a first screen to allow a user to select whether to set the F code for a facsimile transmission of image data, in a case that it is determined in the determining that the F code is contained in the selected transmission history; and
reading a destination and the F code included in the transmission history selected by the user, and setting the destination and the F code for the facsimile transmission, in a case that it is selected by the user to set the F code via the first screen.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission history further includes password usage information indicating whether or not a password was used for the facsimile transmission, and the method further comprises:
displaying a second screen to allow a user to select whether to set a password, in a case that the password usage information included in the transmission history selected from the list of the transmission history indicates that a password was used in the facsimile transmission; and
displaying a third screen for an input of a password and receiving the input of the password, in a case that it is selected to set the password via the second screen.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, together with the list, a first button for designating a transmission destination; and
reading a destination included in the transmission history selected from the list in accordance with a selection using the first button and setting the read destination as the transmission destination of the image data.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the F code is an item indicating processing for the image data that is executed by a destination apparatus that receives the image data.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the processing for the image data that is executed by the destination apparatus includes at least one of storing the image data into a memory of the destination apparatus without printing the image data and transferring the image data to another apparatus without printing the image data.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the storing stores a destination of a facsimile transmission and an F code used in the facsimile transmission in accordance with an execution of the facsimile transmission.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the list of the transmission history includes at least a transmission time and date, a destination, and a result of the facsimile transmission.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication apparatus is capable of performing an IP facsimile transmission via an IP network, and
wherein the transmission history includes a destination of the IP facsimile transmission and a communication mode in the IP facsimile transmission.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the IP network is a high-speed digital line network.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the communication mode includes at least one of communication through a Next Generation Network (NGN), an NGN my number, an intranet via a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server, a server, or a Voice over IP Gateway (VoIP GW).

11. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising reading a destination and a communication mode included in the transmission history selected from the list and registering the destination and the communication mode in an address book.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
displaying, together with the list, a second button for designating to register the destination into the address book; and
reading a destination and a communication mode included in the transmission history selected from the list in accordance with a selection using the second button and registering the read destination and communication mode into the address book.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes at least one processor to perform a method of controlling a communication apparatus capable of facsimile transmission of image data, the method comprising:
storing in a memory, as a transmission history, a destination of a facsimile transmission and an F code used for the facsimile transmission;
displaying a list of the transmission history stored in the memory on a display unit;
determining whether or not a transmission history selected from the list of the transmission history contains the F code;
displaying a screen to allow a user to select whether to set the F code for a facsimile transmission of image data, in a case that it is determined in the determining that the F code is contained in the selected transmission history; and
reading a destination and the F code included in the transmission history selected by the user and setting the destination and the F code for the facsimile transmission, in a case that it is selected by the user to set the F code via the screen.

14. A communication apparatus capable of facsimile transmission of image data, the apparatus comprising:
a display;
a memory that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the instructions to:
store, as a transmission history, a destination of a facsimile transmission and an F code used for the facsimile transmission in the memory;
display, on the display, a list of the transmission history stored in the memory;
display, on the display, a screen to allow a user to select whether to set an F code for a facsimile transmission of image data, in a case that a transmission history selected from the list of the transmission history contains the F code; and
read a destination and the F code included in the transmission history selected by the user and set the destination and the F code for the facsimile transmission, in a case that it is selected by the user to set the F code via the screen.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Inoue Yutaka

Classifications

• H04N1/00212

  Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails · CPC title

• H04N1/0022

  involving facsimile protocols or a combination of facsimile protocols and computer data transmission protocols · CPC title

• H04N1/00209

  Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax · CPC title

• H04N1/00241

  using an image reading device as a local input to a computer (input via network, e.g. network scanners H04N1/00225) · CPC title

• H04N1/00214 Primary

  details of transmission · CPC title