Patent ID: 8810660

Claim:
An information processing apparatus which is disconnectably connectable to a digital camera via a connection interface, comprising: a first receiving unit configured to receive plural thumbnails of a respective plurality of items of image data stored in a storage medium of the digital camera from the digital camera after being connected to the digital camera by the connection interface, wherein at least a part of the image data is generated in the digital camera before the apparatus is connected to the digital camera by the connection interface; a second receiving unit configured to acquire the image data from the digital camera; a display control unit configured to display the thumbnails received by the first receiving unit in a displaying unit; an uploading unit configured to upload the image data acquired by the second receiving unit to an external apparatus via the internet, wherein the external apparatus is different from the information processing apparatus and is different from the digital camera; a setting unit configured to set an upload destination of image data to be uploaded by the uploading unit, the upload destination including an internet image service provider; and a registering unit configured to register information on the internet image service provider, wherein the registering unit adds information on a new internet image service provider; wherein the display control unit displays the plural thumbnails received by the first receiving unit as representation of image data stored in the storage medium of the digital camera connected to the information processing apparatus, identification information of the digital camera connected to the information processing apparatus, and an instruction button in the same screen, wherein the instruction button is for receipt of a user instruction to start an upload process for uploading selected image data by the uploading unit.