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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2010
Mikiya Okada, Osaka, JP;
Mikiya Okada, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image communication apparatus includes: a display; an input device displaying an address input dialogue on the display, receiving a user input to designate an address of a transmission destination of multicast transmission; storage storing multicast transmission history; an extracting device, connected to the input device and the storage, responsive to the input device receiving an input of an address of a transmission destination of multicast transmission, for extracting, from the multicast transmission history, a multicast transmission history record including the address received by the input device as a transmission destination, and extracting an address different from the address received by the input device, included in the extracted multicast transmission history record, as a candidate of multicast transmission destination; and a control device controlling the display such that the extracted candidate of multicast transmission destination is displayed in the address input dialogue.