Patent ID: 8717611

Claim:
An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a server having a microblogging function for making available a message registered by a user to another user, the image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input image data; a storage unit configured to store image data; a registration unit configured to register a first message to the server in a case where the image data input by the input unit is stored by the storage unit; an extraction unit configured to extract, when an instruction is made for editing of image data, the image data stored by the storage unit being associated with the instruction; an editing unit configured to edit, when editing target image data is selected from the image data extracted by the extraction unit, the editing target image data with the image data input by the input unit; and a control unit configured to control so that, in a case where the editing target image data is edited by the editing unit, a second message, that indicates that the image data has been edited, is registered to the server associated with the first message which is related to the editing target image data.