Patent ID: 7595770
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An image transmission apparatus that transmits a stream of images to an information processing apparatus connected to a predetermined network, the image transmission apparatus comprising: an information acquiring unit that acquires cursor location information from the information processing apparatus; an image extracting unit that extracts cursor peripheral images from an image storing unit that stores the images to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus, based on the cursor location information acquired by the information acquiring unit; a cursor image transmitting unit that transmits the cursor peripheral images, extracted by the image extracting unit, to the information processing; and an image transmitting unit that transmits a general image to the information processing apparatus, wherein, when the cursor location information is acquired from the information processing apparatus, the image transmitting unit stops transmitting the general image to the information processing apparatus, and, after the cursor peripheral image is transmitted by the cursor image transmitting unit, the image transmitting unit resumes transmitting the general image to the information processing apparatus, the cursor peripheral images including an image of a cursor on a screen formed by the stream of images transmitted and images located in a periphery of the cursor.