Patent ID: 7693843
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image management apparatus comprising: a registering unit adapted to register a user ID in correspondence with model information on an image-pickup device; a receiving unit adapted to receive the user ID from a user terminal; a user determining unit adapted to determine whether or not uploading of an image from the user terminal is permitted, on the basis of the user ID received by the receiving unit and the user ID registered in the registering unit; a storing unit adapted, when the uploading of the image is permitted, to store the image uploaded from the user terminal; an acquiring unit adapted to acquire model information on an image-pickup device used for photographing the image stored in the storing unit from attribute information of the image; and a model determining unit adapted to determine whether or not model information corresponding to the model information acquired by the acquiring unit is registered in the registering unit in correspondence with the user ID received by the receiving unit, wherein when the model information is not registered in the registering unit, the registering unit further registers the model information acquired by the acquiring unit in correspondence with the user ID received by the receiving unit.