Patent ID: 8762659

Claim:
A storage apparatus comprising: a storage controller configured to control data stored in a storage medium such that the data includes (i) first metadata added for each content, (ii) first storage location information indicating a location at which the first metadata is stored in the storage medium, (iii) second metadata associated with each face image and added for each face image detected from the content, and (iv) second storage location information indicating a location at which the second metadata is stored in the storage medium, wherein the second metadata further includes a locally defined identifier that associates a single personal data block set in the first metadata to two or more face images corresponding to face image data of the same person; and wherein the data is configured by the storage controller such that (i) the first storage location information, and (ii) a third storage location information indicating a location at which the second storage location information is stored in the storage medium, are described in a single data set among a plurality of data sets.