Digital camera capable of being collected for reuse

A digital camera collecting system for collecting a digital camera that stores an image of an object photographed by a user as digital data, comprising:

• a selling station for selling the digital camera;
• a collecting station for collecting the sold digital camera;
• an image data station for delivering the photographed image in the collected digital camera over a network;
• and
• a personal computer capable of connecting to the image data station over the network, wherein
• the user who bought the digital camera views the photographed image by accessing the image data station through the personal computer.

An information terminal device for accessing over a network an image data storage device that stores prescribed image data, the prescribed image data being an image photographed by a user with a digital camera, the terminal device comprising:

• an access unit for accessing the image data storage device over the network by using access data that is unique to each digital camera;
• an introducing unit for introducing a desired image from the image data storage device;
• and
• a display device for displaying the image introduced by the introducing unit.

A photographed image storage device for transmitting digital image data photographed by a user with a digital camera to a user's receiving terminal over a network as requested from the user, comprising:

• an accepting device for accepting access from the user over the network;
• a determination unit for determining whether the user is a proper user or not when the accepting device accepts the access;
• and
• a transmitter for transmitting a prescribed photographed image to the user's receiving terminal as requested from the user, when the determination unit determines that the user is a proper user.

A photographed image display device for displaying data photographed by a user with a digital camera by accessing a prescribed photographed image storage device on a network, the photographed image display device being provided at a store where the digital camera is available to the user, the photographed image display device comprising:

• an access unit for accessing the photographed image storage device over the network by using access data that is unique to each digital camera;
• an introducing unit for introducing a photographed image as desired by the user from the photographed image storage device over the network;
• and
• a display device for displaying the desired photographed image introduced by the introducing unit.

A method for viewing an image, comprising the steps of:

• causing a user to use a digital camera for storing an image as digital data;
• collecting the used digital camera;
• storing a photographed image of the collected digital camera in a prescribed image storage device on a network;
• and
• viewing the photographed image by the user by accessing the image storage device over the network by using access data that is unique to each digital camera.