Control method of image communication apparatus, data distribution system, export apparatus, and import apparatus
US10803195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 11, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2221/2149
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image communication apparatus includes a storage unit including a shared address book area and an individual address book area, a communication unit configured to receive an import file including shared address book data shared among a plurality of users or private address book data limiting users who can utilize the data, and a CPU, and if the import file includes the private address book data and the shared address book area is designated as an import destination, the CPU warns the user that the private address book data may be shared and prevents the user from importing the import file.
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