Patent ID: 7811009

Claim:
A camera cradle system including a camera and a cradle apparatus, comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an identifier of the cradle apparatus connected to the camera and an identifier of an external apparatus; and a controller configured to control transmission of image data captured by the camera based on the identifier of the cradle apparatus and the identifier of the external apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein, in the control of the transmission by the controller, in a case where the identifier of the cradle apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit corresponds to a first access level, the image data is transmitted to a first external apparatus connected via the cradle apparatus in response to an access from the first external apparatus and the image data is transmitted to a second external apparatus connected via the cradle apparatus in response to the access from the second external apparatus, and in a case where the identifier of the cradle apparatus acquired by the acquisition unit corresponds to a second access level, the image data is transmitted to the first external apparatus in response to the access from the first external apparatus and the image data is not transmitted to the second external apparatus in response to the access from the second external apparatus.