Patent ID: 7292770
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: retrieving means for retrieving storage medium information and image data information from a memory formed integrally with a storage medium having image data recorded thereon; recording means for recording to a database said image data information in conjunction with said storage medium information, said image data information having been retrieved by said retrieving means wherein said storage medium information includes any one of an identifier of said storage medium, the last identifier of said image data, and a title entered by a user; displaying means for displaying said storage medium information and said image data information recorded by said recording means, judging means for judging whether or not the identifier of said storage medium which is retrieved therefrom is the same as the recorded identifier of said storage medium; comparing-determining means which, when said judging means judges the retrieved identifier of said storage medium to be the same as said recorded identifier thereof, then compares the retrieved last identifier of said image data with the recorded last identifier of said image data so as to determine if there is a match between the identifiers; updating means which, when said comparing-determining means determines that there is a mismatch between said retrieved last identifier of said image data and said recorded last identifier of said image data, then updates recordings in said database based on said image data information retrieved from said storage medium.