Patent ID: 6961144
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image data transmission device for transmitting a plurality of groups of image data to a prescribed plurality of image data reception devices connected thereto via a network, comprising: a memory which stores the plurality of groups of image data, transmission destination data which identify, for each group of image data, an image data reception device that receives the image data of the group, timing data indicating the time at which transmission of the image data was instructed, and a priority data that indicates whether the group of image data should be transmitted with priority to other image data; a setter which sets, for each transmission destination, the order in which the plurality of groups of image data are transmitted, the order being set on the basis of the timing data and the priority data; and a transmission controller which controls transmission of the image data stored in the memory, in accordance with the order set by the setter.