Patent ID: 7433916

Claim:
An image managing apparatus that communicates image files generated by a camera, with a user terminal via a network, comprising: a list storage unit that stores a model information list in which a predetermined model of a camera and an associated standard image size is registered; a calculating unit that calculates a number of image files to be allowed to be uploaded by a user of the user terminal, based on the standard image size associated to the predetermined model registered in the model information list, and a disk capacity associated with the user of the user terminal; a receiving unit that receives a plurality of image files generated by a camera from the user terminal, wherein the number of the image files is equal to or less than the number calculated by said calculating unit, and each of the image files includes information of a model of the camera by which the image file was generated; a model acquisition unit that acquires the information of the model of the camera from each of the received image files; a model determination unit that determines whether or not the information of the model of the camera acquired from each of the received image files matches the model registered in the model information list; a record generation unit that generates a record corresponding to each of the received image files for which the information of the model of the camera is determined by the model determination unit to match the predetermined model registered in the model information list; and a record storage unit that stores the generated record in a database.