Patent ID: 9594534
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: (a) a download unit configured to download, in accordance with an instruction of a user, a print target image from a server accessible by a third party using an SNS (Social Networking Service) via a network, different from the user; (b) a processor configured: (c) an output unit configured to output image data that has undergone the image processing of said processor, wherein: (i) said processor further obtains information used to classify the third party who has made an evaluation corresponding to the evaluation information into a friend of the user who has instructed the download and a stranger, and performs the image processing including automatic creation of an album layout using a plurality of downloaded print target images, and selects an image to be included in a template of the album, based on the evaluation information classified into the friend and the stranger by the information obtained by said processor, (ii) the user who has instructed the download can be classified by the information obtained by said processor, and (iii) said processor weights evaluation of the user, evaluation of the friend, and evaluation of the stranger, and selects the image to be included in the template of the album based on a result of the weighting.