Patent ID: 8705937

Claim:
A captured image data management method, comprising: inputting coverage direction data to a recorder-built-in type image capturing apparatus and recording the coverage direction data to a record medium; analyzing the coverage direction data recorded on the record medium for correctness; and in response to the coverage direction data being correct, recording only part of the coverage direction data to a nonvolatile memory, other than the record medium, as a result of the nonvolatile memory having a restricted storage capacity, obtaining the captured image data as files, automatically assigning a name of the file recorded on the record medium based on title information contained in the coverage direction data and recording the assigned file name to the nonvolatile memory and the record medium, and displaying a file name of a file to be recorded next time on a view finder of the image capturing apparatus, wherein the coverage direction data, attached to electronic mail, are transmitted from a broadcast station to the image capturing apparatus.