Patent ID: 8762882

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to store a plurality of images; store reduced size images corresponding to each of the plurality of images; control displaying, in a first display area, at least one of said plurality of images; control displaying, in a second display area, a plurality of the reduced size images corresponding to the plurality of images; control displaying, in a third display area, a plurality of storage areas that are each assigned to a specific user; and a user interface configured to receive at least one user input selecting the at least one of the images displayed in the first display area or one of the reduced size images displayed in the second display area and dragging the at least one of the images or the reduced size images to at least one of the plurality of storage areas displayed in the third display area, wherein the circuitry is configured to store the at least one of the images or the one of the reduced size images to the at least one of the plurality of storage areas based on the at least one user input received at the user interface; determine a number of times the at least one of the images or the at least one of the reduced size images is stored to the at least one of the plurality of storage areas based on the at least one user input received at the user interface; and control displaying a graphic indicia indicating the determined number of times that the at least one of the images or the at least one of the reduced size images is stored to the at least one of the plurality of storage areas.