Patent ID: 7593035

Claim:
An image data transmitting device, comprising: an information processing device that creates a reduced image data based on a subject main image data by reducing the subject main image data, and stores an image file including the subject main image data and the reduced image data in a storage medium; and a communication device that transmits the image file stored in the storage medium to an external apparatus, wherein the information processing device deletes from the image file in the storage medium the subject main image data after the communication device transmits the image file, and keeps the reduced image data of the image file after the subject main image data is deleted, and wherein the information processing device adds information to the reduced image data, the added information indicating the main image data has been transmitted, the added information identifying the external apparatus to which the main image has been transmitted, or the added information indicating the main image data has be stored, the added information identifying a location of the storage; wherein the image data transmitting device requests the transmitted main image data from the external apparatus and receives the main image data from the external apparatus; and wherein information regarding the received main image data is added to the reduced image data.