Patent ID: 7836477
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video camera including an information processing apparatus, comprising: acquiring means for acquiring, via a network, a list of a plurality of albums of a user, each album including a plurality of images managed by a different information processing apparatus which stores image data separately for different users; first acceptance means for displaying the list of the albums transmitted from said different information processing apparatus and accepting selection from among the albums; first requesting means for issuing a request, for transmission of indices of a selected album from the plurality of albums managed by the different information processing apparatus, to said different information processing apparatus through the network; second acceptance means for displaying on a display of the video camera each image of the selected album transmitted from said different information processing apparatus and for accepting selection of one or more of the images of the selected album desired to be downloaded by a user; second requesting means for issuing a single request for discrimination information, of the image data corresponding to all images whose selection has been accepted by said first acceptance means, to said different information processing means; receiving means for receiving the discrimination information transmitted from said different information processing means corresponding to all selected images; discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the image data for each selected image are downloadable based on the discrimination information transmitted from said different information processing apparatus; third requesting means for issuing a request for the image data for each selected image to said different information processing apparatus when said discrimination means discriminates that the image data are downloadable; and recording means for recording the image data transmitted from said different information processing apparatus onto a recording medium, wherein the first acceptance means displays the number of images, included in each album, with the album name on the list of albums.