Patent ID: 7218769

Claim:
An image data management system comprising: a communication unit for sending and receiving information between a terminal device and an image photographing device; a storage unit for storing information received by said communication unit; and a control unit for controlling said communication unit and said storage unit, wherein said control unit: receives image information of a device having a damage and/or a problem and information regarding the image information, which are associated with each other, from said image photographing device; stores the received image information and information regarding the image information, which are associated with each other, in said storage unit; sends the image information and the information regarding the image information, which are associated with each other and stored in said storage unit, to an analysis-use terminal device for conducting an analysis on a damage and/or a problem of a device; receives response information for responding to the sent image information and information regarding the image information from said analysis-use terminal device; stores the received response information in said storage unit in association with the image information and the information regarding the image information, which correspond to the response information; receives an acquisition request for acquiring the image information, the information regarding the image information, and the response information, which are associated with one another, from said terminal device; reads out the image information, the information regarding the image information, and the response information, which are associated with one another and stored in said storage unit, in accordance with the received acquisition request; and sends the read-out image information, information regarding the image information, and response information, which are associated with one another, to said terminal device which has sent the acquisition request.