SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING RELATED GRAPHICAL MATERIAL IN DIGITAL GRAPHICS ALBUM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for automatically identifying, searching and selecting a digital graphical material for replenishing and using a digital graphics album. SOLUTION: In a device and a method for adding the graphical material to the digital graphics album, a reference material is specified in the digital graphics album. Comment data is extracted from the reference material, and is processed by a natural language processor, and a search keyword is made. A user orientation may be provided in addition to the keyword, and both of these are used for searching the related graphical material. The search is made by referring to a graphical material database via the network connection. A search result is received, a user selects a material obtained as a result, and can includes the material in the digital graphics album.