Patent ID: 8098386

Claim:
An image management system, comprising: an image output apparatus which outputs an image data to various types of media; and a server, wherein the image output apparatus and the server are connected via a communication network, wherein the image output apparatus comprises: an obtaining unit to obtain user information when the image data is output, a history storage unit to accumulate and store the user information which is obtained by the obtaining unit and the image data which is output as history information so as to correspond to one another, a history transfer unit to transfer the history information which is stored in the history storage unit to the server, a deletion unit to delete the history information which is transferred by the history transfer unit from the history storage unit, and a request determination unit to determine whether the transfer request is received from the server or not, and wherein the server comprises: a receiving unit to receive the history information which is transferred from the image output apparatus, a history management unit to accumulate and store the history information which is received by the receiving unit, and a periodic request transmission unit to transmit a transfer request of the history information to the image output apparatus in a predetermined time zone, and the history transfer unit comprises: a periodic transfer unit to transfer the history information which is stored in the history storage unit to the server when the request determination unit determines that the transfer request is received.