Method and apparatus for storing appreciation data, method and apparatus for generating order information, method and apparatus for processing appreciation data, and programs therefor

Abstract

A large amount of appreciation data such as image data exceeding capacity of a recording medium is easily managed. Image data are recorded in a recording medium by a digital camera. When a user requests storage of the image data from a DPE store, the image data are read from the recording medium and stored in a storage system. The image data are deleted from the recording medium and thumbnail image data are generated. The thumbnail image data are recorded in the recording medium and provided to the user. In this manner, free space in the recording medium can be saved. By referring to the thumbnail image data, the image data that have been stored at the DPE store can be easily confirmed, which leads to easy management of the image data.

1 . An appreciation data storing method comprising the steps of:
 outputting appreciation data read from a first recording medium to data storage means for storing the appreciation data; and   outputting index data generated from the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a storage location of the appreciation data to recording means for recording the index data and the storage location information in a second recording medium; and   further comprising the step of adding deletion information indicating that the appreciation data can be deleted to the appreciation data recorded in the first recording medium, in the case where the first recording medium and the second recording medium are one and the same.   
     
     
         2 . An appreciation data storing method comprising the steps of:
 outputting appreciation data read from a first recording medium to data storage means for storing the appreciation data; and   outputting index data generated from the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a storage location of the appreciation data to recording means for recording the index data and the storage location information in a second recording medium;   and wherein the appreciation data are output to the data storage means in a state where apparatus type information representing a type of an appreciation data generation apparatus that generated the appreciation data and/or medium type information representing a type of the first recording medium are added thereto.   
     
     
         3 . An appreciation data storing apparatus comprising control means for outputting appreciation data read from a first recording medium to data storage means used for storage of the appreciation data, and for outputting index data generated from the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a storage location of the appreciation data to recording means for recording the index data and the storage location information in a second recording medium,
 wherein the control means adds deletion information indicating that the appreciation data can be deleted to the appreciation data stored in the first recording medium, in the case where the first recording medium and the second recording medium are one and the same.   
     
     
         4 . An appreciation data storing apparatus comprising control means for outputting appreciation data read from a first recording medium to data storage means used for storage of the appreciation data, and for outputting index data generated from the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a storage location of the appreciation data to recording means for recording the index data and the storage location information in a second recording medium,
 wherein the control means adds deletion information indicating that the appreciation data can be deleted to the appreciation data stored in the first recording medium, in the case where the first recording medium and the second recording medium are one and the same, wherein the control means outputs apparatus type information representing a type of an appreciation data generation apparatus that generated the appreciation data and/or medium type information representing a type of the first recording medium to the data storage means by adding the apparatus type information and/or the medium type information to the appreciation data.   
     
     
         5 . A non-transitory computer readable medium embodied with a program that causes a computer to execute an appreciation data storing method, the program comprising the procedures of:
 outputting appreciation data read from a first recording medium to data storage means for storing the appreciation data; and   outputting index data generated from the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a storage location of the appreciation data to recording means for recording the index data and the storage location information in a second recording medium; and   further comprising the procedure of adding deletion information indicating that the appreciation data can be deleted to the appreciation data recorded in the first recording medium, in the case where the first recording medium and the second recording medium are one and the same.   
     
     
         6 . A non-transitory computer readable medium embodied with a program that causes a computer to execute an appreciation data storing method, the program comprising the procedures of:
 outputting appreciation data read from a first recording medium to data storage means for storing the appreciation data; and   outputting index data generated from the appreciation data and storage location information for identifying a storage location of the appreciation data to recording means for recording the index data and the storage location information in a second recording medium; and,   wherein the procedure of outputting the appreciation data is the procedure of outputting the appreciation data to the data storage means in a state where apparatus type information representing a type of an appreciation data generation apparatus that generated the appreciation data and/or medium type information representing a type of the first recording medium are added thereto.