Patent ID: 8675111

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a first obtaining unit which obtains, from an electronic device connected to the information processing apparatus, image data stored in a memory medium connected to the electronic device; a second obtaining unit which obtains in advance reduced image data corresponding to the image data before obtainment of the image data by the first obtaining unit; a determining unit which determines an obtainment order of image data for the first obtaining unit; and a display control unit which updates reduced image data displayed on a display unit of the information processing apparatus, obtained by the second obtaining unit, in accordance with a display condition designated by a user, wherein, when the display condition is changed while the first obtaining unit is executing obtainment of image data, the determining unit determines the obtainment order based on the changed display condition, and the first obtaining unit obtains image data stored in the memory medium, which has not been obtained yet, in accordance with the changed obtainment order determined by the determining unit.