Patent ID: 7480693

Claim:
A data providing system, comprising: a data providing apparatus, including: provision image data generating means for generating provision image data of a provision image that is reusable by inlaying a predetermined advertisement image into a predetermined template image into which a predetermined user image can be inlaid as superimposed upon said predetermined advertisement image, and providing-side transmitting means for transmitting said provision image data via a network; and a data acquisition apparatus, including: acquiring-side receiving means for receiving said provision image data from said data providing apparatus via said network, transmission image data generating means for generating transmission image data of a transmission image for displaying said provision image based on said provision image data onto predetermined display means, inlaying said predetermined user image as superimposed upon said predetermined advertisement image into said template image of said provision image, and displaying said predetermined user image together with said template image in preference to said predetermined advertisement image until said predetermined user image is detached from said template image, and acquiring-side transmitting means for transmitting said transmission image data to a predetermined destination via said network.