Patent ID: 7801674
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A terminal device connected via communication network to a server provided with a database including location information, which represents a location, and a landmark name corresponding to the location information, said terminal device having an image file including a taken image and shooting-location information representing a shooting location of the taken image, said terminal device comprising: an information acquisition part for obtaining said shooting-location information from said image file; a terminal-side communication part for communicating with said server; a retrieval request part for sending a retrieval request of the landmark name to said server via said terminal-side communication part, said server retrieving the landmark name from said database on the basis of said shooting-location information sent from said terminal device, and then said server sending the landmark name to said terminal device; a landmark-name input part for inputting the landmark name corresponding to said shooting-location information; and a registration request part for sending a registration request of the inputted landmark name to said server via said terminal-side communication part, said server registering the landmark name in said database on the basis of the sent shooting-location information and the sent landmark name so as to relate the landmark name to said shooting-location information.