Patent ID: 8379031

Claim:
An image data management apparatus which changes attribute information of an image, the apparatus comprising: a connection unit constructed to communicatively connect to a digital camera; a determination unit constructed to determine whether icons which satisfy both of first and second conditions are present in the image data management apparatus so as to display attribute information of an image in the image data management apparatus by using a same icon as an icon used in the digital camera, wherein the first condition is a case where an icon which is used in a camera is stored in the digital camera, and the second condition is a case where an icon corresponds to attribute information of an image recorded in the image data management apparatus; an acquiring unit constructed to, when the determination unit determines that icons which satisfy both of the first and second conditions are not present in the image data management apparatus, acquire the icons which satisfy both of the first and second conditions and which are determined to be not present in the image data management apparatus by the determination unit and additional information corresponding to each determined icon from the digital camera; a reading unit constructed to read attribute information of a recorded image from a header included in an image file of the image; a first display control unit constructed to control to simultaneously display, on a display device, the image and a plurality of icons representing the attribute information read by the reading unit, wherein the icons to be displayed include icons acquired by said acquiring unit; a first selection reception unit constructed to receive a user operation to select a desired icon from the plurality of icons displayed by said first display control unit; a second display control unit constructed to control to display at least one icon representing information which is a changeable candidate for attribute information which is represented by the icon selected and received by said first selection reception unit based on the additional information, when the selection is received by said first selection reception unit; a second selection reception unit constructed to receive a user operation to select a desired icon from the icons displayed by said second display control unit; a changing unit constructed to change attribute information which is represented by the icon selected and received by said first selection reception unit into attribute information which is represented by the icon selected and received by said second selection reception unit in the attribute information of the image; and a recording control unit constructed to control to record in the header of the image file attribute information of the image which is changed by said changing unit.