Patent ID: 7746512

Claim:
A method for creating an electronic album including a plurality of images wherein the method is implemented by a computer, the method comprising: (a) selecting an image ordering rule from among a plurality of image ordering rules used to determine an order of arrangement of the plurality of images captured by one or more cameras, based on different types of image characteristic values; (b) acquiring for each of the plurality of images the image characteristic value used in the selected image ordering rule; (c) determining the order of arrangement of the plurality of images in accordance with the selected image ordering rule and the image characteristic values for the plurality of images; (d) determining the number of images to be placed on each page of the electronic album; (e) creating, in accordance with the order of arrangement of the plurality of images and the number of images on each of the pages, an electronic album in which the plurality of images are arranged in order across multiple pages; and (f) displaying the electronic album on a display unit.