Patent ID: 7924451
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A client server system comprising: a server device which provides image information to a plurality of client terminal devices through a wireless network, the server device comprising: a storage section to store a screen resolution of display devices connected to the plurality of client terminal devices in association with identification information to identify the plurality of client terminal devices; a storage control section to store the screen resolution and the identification information sent from the plurality of client terminal devices in the storage section in association with each other; a receiving section to receive the identification information of the plurality of client terminal devices along with a request to send the same image information from at least one of the plurality of client terminal devices; an obtaining section to obtain first image information of a first resolution corresponding to the request to send image information received at the receiving section; a determining section to determine whether there is a client terminal device which connects a display device with a second resolution, among the at least one of the plurality of client terminal devices from which the request was received by the receiving section, according to the identification information of the at least one of the plurality of client terminal devices received by the receiving section and the identification information stored in the storage section; a server resolution conversion section to convert the first image information of the first resolution obtained by the obtaining section into second image information of the second resolution, in case it is determined that there is a client terminal device which connects a display device with the second resolution, among the at least one of the plurality of client terminal devices from which the request was received by the receiving section, according to the determining section; and an image information sending section to attach resolution information that indicates that the resolution of the second image information is the second resolution to the second image information of the second resolution that was converted by the server resolution conversion section, and to send the resolution information and the second image information to the at least one of the plurality of client terminal devices, wherein the plurality of client terminal devices comprise: wherein the plurality of client terminal devices are capable to connect with a first display device with a screen resolution of the first resolution, or a second display device with a screen resolution of the second resolution, which has a lower resolution than the first resolution.