Patent ID: 8947711
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information providing device capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal, the information providing device comprising: a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, the formed image data being transmitted to the data managing device; and a storage unit that stores the image data received from the data managing device, wherein the communication unit transmits the image data stored in the storage unit to the transmission terminal which performs video communication with one or more counterpart transmission terminals, and the communication unit further transmits the image data to the transmission terminal as data to be distributed to the one or more counterpart transmission terminals during video communication, such that the transmission terminal is already performing the video communication with the one or more counterpart transmission terminals prior to the communication unit transmitting the image data to the transmission terminal, and when the communication unit transmits the image data to the transmission terminal the transmission terminal is caused to display the image data as part of the ongoing video communication with the one or more counterpart transmission terminals.