Patent ID: 8325191
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image distribution apparatus, comprising: an image obtaining portion to obtain one or more still images from a storage; a moving image generating portion to generate a moving image in which said obtained one or more still images are sequentially displayed; a distribution portion, which, in response to a request from a computer connected to a network, transmits said generated moving image to a device external to the image distribution apparatus, and displays said generated moving image on the external device; a print instruction accepting portion to accept a print instruction from the external device, wherein said print instruction includes identification information identifying selected one or more still images among said one or more still images used for generating the moving image; an image formation control portion to receive the print instruction from the print instruction accepting portion and obtain the selected one or more still images based on the identification information of the print instruction from the storage; and an image forming portion to form on one or more recording media said selected one or more still images obtained by the image formation control portion.