Patent ID: 7777789

Claim:
An information management apparatus defining a replay sequence of new image data added to a group of images to which a plurality of image data belong, comprising: a storage unit for storing group information relating to a group to which image data belongs and replay sequence information indicating a replay sequence at the time of replaying image data belonging to the aforementioned group; a designation unit for designating a group for new image data which does not belong to the group; an information renewal unit for rewriting the replay sequence information so as to replay the new image data first from among the specific group when the designation unit designates a group for the new image data belonging to; and a notification unit for notifying a group in which the replay sequence information is rewritten so as to replay the new image data first from among the specific group, wherein the notification unit includes an index display part for displaying image data extracted singularly from said each group by an index screen display as representative images of respective groups so as to show an icon superimposed on the representative image of a renewed group for meaning a predetermined operation having been done thereto in the index screen display.