Patent ID: 7979428

Claim:
A time-shift image requesting apparatus, connected to an image server via a communication network, for requesting the image server to provide a time-shift image of a non-present time, the time-shift image requesting apparatus comprising: communication means for carrying out communications with the image server via the communication network; indication means for displaying a range of imaging times; input means for allowing a user to set and change the range of imaging times; means for determining whether the range of imaging times is a range of past imaging times or a range of future imaging times; means for sending a search request to the image server via the communication means, the search request including information representing the range of imaging times and information for identifying a subject image, wherein the search request is a search reservation request when the range of imaging times is determined to be a range of future imaging times, and wherein the information for identifying the subject image, included in search-condition information, at least includes information representing an imaging location; location-information obtaining means for obtaining geographical-location information representing a geographical location, wherein the time-shift image requesting apparatus is configured to send location-range information to the image server as the information representing the imaging location, the location-range information representing a location range with reference to the geographical location represented by the geographical-location information obtained by the location-information obtaining means; and direction detecting means for detecting a direction in addition to the location-information obtaining means for obtaining the geographical-location information, wherein the time-shift image requesting apparatus is configured to send direction-range information in addition to the location-range information to the image server as the information for identifying a subject image, included in the search-condition information, the direction-range information representing a direction range with reference to the direction detected by the direction detecting means.