Patent ID: 7340449

Claim:
A method of controlling a server apparatus which stores in a memory image data received via a network, comprising the steps of: setting a disclosure date of the received image data; processing the received image data so as to create processed image data; comparing a time ticked in the server apparatus and the set disclosure date; creating Web page information linked to the processed image data when the time ticked in the server apparatus is determined to be earlier than the set disclosure date, and creating Web page information linked to the received image data when the time ticked in the server apparatus is determined to be the set disclosure date; transmitting, via the network, the created Web page information linked to the processed image data before to set disclosure date, and transmitting the created Web page information linked to the received image data on the set disclosure date, to a specified recipient; setting a date of creating the Web page information linked to the processed image data; and determining whether the time ticked in the server apparatus is the same as the date of creating the Web page information linked to the processed image data, wherein said step of creating the Web page information linked to the processed image data is executed when the time ticked in the server apparatus is determined to be the same as the date of creating the Web page information.