IMAGE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, EXPORT DEVICE, AND IMPORT DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent address book data which is managed per user and users of which are limited from being published at an export destination device.SOLUTION: An image communication device 1 comprises: a storage unit 13 that has a shared address book region and an individual address book region; a communication unit 16 for receiving an import file including shared address book data shared by a plurality of users or individual address book data users of which are limited; and a CPU 11. The CPU 11 warns users that individual address book data is shared if an import file includes the individual address book data and the shared address book region is indicated that it is an import destination, and prohibits import.