Patent ID: 8266527
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An album creating apparatus having a processor comprising: an editing unit configured to edit a plurality of images; a creation unit configured to create album data including the plurality of edited images; a selecting unit configured to select at least one of the plurality of edited images which configure the album data; a setting unit configured to set either allowance or disallowance of re-edition of the each selected edited image and a re-edition content from a plurality of content type, as re-edition allowance/disallowance information; an embedding unit configured to embed the re-edition allowance/disallowance information of the each selected edited image of the album data and tamper prevention data of the album data to the album data; and an uploading unit configured to upload the album data, to which the re-edition allowance/disallowance information and the tamper prevention data are embedded, to a server apparatus via a network, wherein the album data is downloaded from the server apparatus to a client apparatus via a network, and the edited images of the album data is re-edited based on the embedded re- edition allowance/disallowance information using an application in the client apparatus, wherein said tamper prevention data is deleted from said album data whenever any of said embedded re-edition allowance/disallowance information is deleted from said album data by the client apparatus, wherein the server apparatus does not print the album data including the re-edited image uploaded by the client apparatus if the tamper prevention data is not embedded in the album_data, and wherein the editing unit, the creation unit and the setting unit are realized using the processor at least.