Patent ID: 7602520
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A picture transmission/reception system comprising: an information supply apparatus that supplies, sequentially in time, combined information including picture information and counterpart-picture location information representative of a location of counterpart-picture information that is the information about a picture related to the same subject-of-display but different in processability attribute from the picture information; and a picture receiver apparatus that has wherein the counterpart-picture-data acquirer of the picture receiver apparatus is configured to detect a processability attribute as to the acquired one of counterpart-picture data, and evaluate whether or not the detected processability attribute is suited for a predetermined use by the user and related to a highest or comparatively higher quality acquirable so that, when a result of evaluation is negative, a retrieval processing is made to retrieve for another one of counterpart-picture data having a processability attribute for a comparatively higher quality while, when the result of evaluation is affirmative, the picture data evaluated is outputted.