Patent ID: 7290031
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image management apparatus that communicates with an owner-user apparatus and a third party apparatus, comprising: a first receiving unit that receives from the owner-user apparatus album print information indicating setting items necessary to print the plurality of images as an album; a second receiving unit that receives from the owner-user apparatus a permitting indication of whether or not the third party apparatus is permitted to use the album print information; a storage unit that stores the album print information in correspondence with the permitting indication; an instruction unit that instructs a print server apparatus to print the plurality of images in accordance with the album print information, in response to an instruction received from the owner-user apparatus; and a control unit that controls whether to allow or to reject an instruction from the third party apparatus to print the plurality of images in accordance with the album print information, based on whether or not the permitting indication stored in the storage unit indicates that the third party apparatus is permitted to use the album print information, wherein said control unit comprises: a list image transmission unit that creates list image data for displaying a plurality of images in a screen and transmits the list image data to the third party apparatus, in response to a request of browsing images received from the third party apparatus; a judging unit that judges whether or not the permitting indication stored in the storage unit indicates that the third party apparatus is permitted to use the album print information; an addition control unit that controls the addition of a print instruction button's image data to the list image data when the permitting indication indicates that the third party apparatus is permitted to use the album print information, but not add the print instruction button's image data to the list image data when the permitting indication does not indicate that the third party apparatus is permitted to use the album print information; and a confirmation image transmission unit that creates confirmation image data for displaying the plurality of images in a layout indicated in the album print information in the screen and transmits the confirmation image data to the third party apparatus, in response to a request of printing images received from the third party apparatus through an operation of the print instruction button.