Data transmission device capable of transmitting data to a plurality of addresses by simple method
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKaitaku Ozawa, Kenichi Takahashi, Toshiya Shozaki
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Abstract
When an MFP determines that text data is transmitted to a plurality of addresses as destinations set by a user, an address group including set addresses is searched from a one-touch key registration and the transmission history of the user (or a group such as a department or a section associated with the user). Thus, the addresses input earlier and the address groups including the addresses yet to be input are displayed as destination candidates. The user selects a desired address group from those displayed, and thus can designate the data transmission to a plurality of addresses constituting the particular address group.
Claims20
A data transmission device comprising:
- an address input unit to input a destination of transmission data as an address;
- an address determining unit to determine whether a plurality of addresses are input as destinations by said address input unit;
- an address search unit to, upon determination by said address determining unit that a plurality of addresses are input as destinations by said address input unit, search a transmission history including said destinations input by said address input unit, and acquire an address group including said addresses as destinations;
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- a proposition unit to propose said address group acquired by said address search unit.
A computer-readable medium having an address setting auxiliary program stored thereon that causes a computer to execute a process of assisting in setting an address of transmission data, the program causing the computer to execute operations comprising:
- inputting an address as a destination of said transmission data;
- determining whether a plurality of addresses are input as destinations in said address inputting operation;
- searching, upon determination in said address determining operation that a plurality of addresses are input as destinations in said address inputting operation, a transmission history including said destinations input in said address inputting operation, and acquiring an address group including said addresses as destinations;
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- proposing said address group acquired in said address searching operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.