Patent ID: 7523199

Claim:
An information image utilization system for performing multimedia file management, the system comprising: a plurality of clients, each client having a client identifier; and an information image managing server for: producing and storing a master information image, the master information comprising specific information including a first client identifier, and related information that the clients can use to perform predetermined actions; producing and storing a copy information image, the copy information image comprising attribute information describing access rights for a second client that has ownership of the copy image and access rights for performing the predetermined actions in the related information; storing an information image managing table, which associates an identifier of the master image, the first client identifier, an identifier of the copy image, and a second client identifier with each other; wherein the first client is for: receiving the master image and displaying the master image as an icon; displaying the access rights for the second client that has ownership of the copy image by selecting the displayed master image; receiving a user input to modify the access rights for the second client; and sending an update to the information image managing server based on the user input; wherein the update is used to perform at least one of updating the information image managing table or updating copy information image data.