Patent ID: 7529829
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A data relay apparatus, comprising: relay-side receiving means for receiving in a relaying manner transmission image data composed of a predetermined user image to be inlaid into a predetermined template image and identification information issued to said template image, said transmission image data being transmitted from a predetermined data acquiring apparatus to a predetermined destination via a network; capturing means for extracting said identification information from said transmission image data and based on said extracted identification information capturing said corresponding template image from a predetermined data providing apparatus in which said template image and said corresponding identifier are stored; and relay-side transmitting means for adding said template image to said transmission image data and transmitting said resultant transmission image data to said predetermined destination via said network, wherein said relay-side receiving means receives said transmission image data added with said manipulation information obtained by inlaying said user image into said template image of said provision image based on said provision image data as superimposed upon said advertisement image and manipulating said provision image data so that said user image is displayed in preference to said advertisement image, said transmission image data being transmitted from said data acquiring apparatus to said predetermined destination via said network; said capturing means extracts said identification information from said transmission image data and, on the basis of said extracted identification information, captures said template image and said advertisement image from said data providing apparatus in which said advertisement image and said corresponding identifier are stored, in addition to said template image and sand corresponding identifier; and said relay-side transmitting means adds said template image and said advertisement image to the transmission image data added with said manipulation information and transmits said resultant transmission image data to said predetermined destination via said network.