Patent ID: 8379230

Claim:
An image information storage device, comprising: an image data storage unit which stores image data; a registration information storage unit; a registration control unit which stores registration information in the registration information storage unit while associating the registration information with the image data stored in the image data storage unit according to an input specifying the association of the registration information with the image data; an output control unit which makes an output unit output an image and/or information, wherein: when the output control unit makes the output unit output an image represented by first image data stored in the image data storage, the output control unit makes the output unit also output the registration information which has been associated with the first image data, or when the output control unit makes the output unit output first registration information stored in the registration information storage unit, the output control unit makes the output unit also output an image represented by image data which has been associated with first registration information; a display screen which functions as the output unit; and a communication unit configured to communicate with a communication device, and wherein: when there is an input specifying association of the first registration information which has already been stored in the registration information storage unit with second image data, the registration control unit associates the first registration information with the first image data and the second image data, and stores in the registration information storage unit, the registration information storage unit stores the registration information while associating with area information, which represents an area included in the image represented by the image data, and with the communication device, and when a communication request is received from a first communication device, the output control unit makes the display screen display a first image, represented by image data which has been associated with the first registration information representing the first communication device, while making the display screen display an area in the image, which area is represented by area information which has been associated with the first registration information, in a first display style different from that of other areas, and when an instruction for responding to the communication request is inputted while the first mage is displayed by the display screen, the communication unit responds to the communication request and starts the communication with the first communication device.