Patent ID: 7359578

Claim:
An information processing apparatus configured to be connected to an image input apparatus that generates image data and to an information recording apparatus that records various types of data on a storage medium, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storage device configured to store information; an image data receiving mechanism configured to receive image data transmitted from the image input apparatus; an information accepting mechanism configured to accept an input of specific information that specifies the image data received by the image data receiving mechanism and an input of identification information that identifies the storage medium; an information adding mechanism configured to add the specific information and the identification information accepted by the information accepting mechanism to the image data received by the image data receiving mechanism; an image data recording mechanism configured to cause the image data with the specific information and the identification information added by the information adding mechanism to be recorded on the storage medium by the information recording apparatus; and an information management mechanism configured to manage and store the specific information, and the identification information that identifies the storage medium on which the image data with the specific information and the identification information are recorded, in the storage device.