Address book central administration apparatus, address book creation method thereof and recording medium

摘要

An address book central administration apparatus connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network includes: a data collector under control of a CPU of the address book central administration apparatus that collects, from the plurality of image processing apparatuses administered by the address book central administration apparatus, at least transmission histories of a plurality of transmission users including a particular user and other users, the transmission histories including records proving that the transmission users have conducted data transmission from the image processing apparatuses, a destination data extractor that extracts destination data from the transmission histories collected by the data collector, and an importance level calculator that performs a calculation to calculate levels of importance of the destination data extracted by the destination data extractor.

主权项

1. An address book central administration apparatus connected to a plurality of image processing apparatuses via a network, the address book central administration apparatus comprising:
a processor; a memory; a data collector under control of the processor of the address book central administration apparatus that collects, from the plurality of image processing apparatuses administered by the address book central administration apparatus, at least transmission histories of a plurality of transmission users including a particular user and other users, the transmission histories comprising records proving that the transmission users have conducted data transmission from the image processing apparatuses; a destination data extractor that extracts destination data from the transmission histories collected by the data collector; an importance level calculator that performs a calculation to calculate levels of importance of the destination data extracted by the destination data extractor; and an address book creator that creates a new address book that can be used by the particular user through the plurality of image processing apparatuses, the address book including destination data having high levels of importance according to the calculation by the importance level calculator, the address book being stored in the memory, wherein the importance level calculator calculates the levels of importance of the destination data extracted from the transmission history of only the particular user.