An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire restriction information about imaging functions from an imaging device connected to a network, a setting control unit configured to display a setting window in which after a parameter for one imaging function is selected, selectable parameters for other imaging functions are restricted in accordance with the selected parameter on the basis of the restriction information so that the imaging functions to be used are selected, and an information processing unit configured to acquire image information about an image captured using the selected imaging functions via the network.

According to an aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives a transfer request, which contains an identifier for identification of an image object, a size of image data obtained by resizing the image object, a transfer starting point of the image data, and a transfer end point of the image data, from an information processing apparatus, a generating unit that generates the image data from the image object based on the transfer request, and a transfer unit that transfers the image data from the transfer starting point to the transfer end point to the information processing apparatus based on the transfer request.

An Internet direct device comprises an imaging system to capture at least one of audio, still images and video images, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor transmits at least one of the captured audio, the captured still images and the captured video images to a web site archive and review center and/or another Internet direct device upon image capture over a communications network. The Internet direct device automatically connects to the communications network on power-up using one of a plurality of available modes of connection, which is designated as a primary mode of connection. The Internet direct device automatically switches to another available mode of connection when the communications network is unavailable.

A transfer apparatus that receives data transmitted from a terminal and transfers the data to a management apparatus for managing the data, the transfer apparatus includes a transfer setting holding unit configured to hold a transfer setting to the management apparatus, a transfer sorting setting holding unit configured to hold a transfer sorting setting of the data, a storage destination determination unit configured to determine a storage destination of the data based on the transfer setting and the transfer sorting setting, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the data to a predetermined storage destination based on the transfer setting and the transfer sorting setting.

A communication device configured to notify an external control device of information managed in the communication device, the communication device including: a communication circuitry configured to perform data communication with the control device; and a control circuitry configured to generate notification data in response to an event and control the communication circuitry to transmit the notification data to the control device, the event indicating that a state in the communication device changes, wherein the notification data includes: an event identification region to identify a target event to be notified, a data storage region to store state data indicating a state changed in the target event, and a necessity identification region to indicate whether the control device requires acquiring additional information regarding the target event.