Patent ID: 8684804

Claim:
A photographing device having a game function which determines a win/loss of photographing devices based on information regarding image files, comprising: a processor that is configured to: obtain a first parameter regarding a first image file which was generated by the photographing device, the first parameter including information intrinsic to the photographing device; obtain a second parameter regarding a second image file which is stored in an other device, the second parameter including information intrinsic to a second photographing device; calculate scores regarding the first image file and the second image file based on the first parameter including information intrinsic to the photographing device, and the second parameter including information intrinsic to the second photographing device, respectively; and determine win/loss of the photographing device and a the second photographing device that generated the second image file, and to generate win/loss information; a storage configured to store the win/loss information, in an accumulated manner, as intrinsic information which is intrinsic to the photographing device; and a notifier configured to output the accumulated win/loss information.