Patent ID: 7913175

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for uploading image data representing respective images to a remote location server whereat said uploaded image data is stored and managed, said uploading being communicated via a network, said apparatus comprising: image acquisition means for acquiring images; transmission means for transmitting image data through said network, said image data exhibiting a quantity of data that represents the amount of data that constitutes said image data; storage means for storing GUI information for enabling a user to select predetermined applications including an application to select and compose an e-mail, an application to select image data to be uploaded, or an application to connect said transmission means to said network; a display unit for displaying the GUI information, including a menu of said applications, said display unit having a thumbnail section for displaying plural thumbnail images selected by the user, a data size section for displaying the total data size of all of the thumbnail images selected by said user and a title section for displaying a user-generated name to identify an album comprised of images corresponding to said selected thumbnail images; input means operable by said user for operating the GUI information, said input means including an inputting section operable by said user to generate the name of said album for display in said title section and to select a plurality of desired thumbnail images; cancellation means selectively operable by said user to cancel the selection of all of said thumbnail images that had been selected prior to commencing transmission of said thumbnail images; and control means for controlling said transmission means to transmit the album name displayed in said title section and all of said selected thumbnail images to said remote server via said network.