Patent ID: 7895274

Claim:
An information processing apparatus to be connected to a network having a server and a terminal, the information processing apparatus comprising: first inputting means for inputting source image data from an image recording device that captured an image of an object; image data processing means for processing the source image data from the first inputting means to produce processed image data; display means for displaying a capture mode displaying the source image data and a send mode displaying the processed image data, which is to be sent, and for simultaneously displaying, upon a switch from the capture mode to the send mode, said processed image and a manipulation, said manipulation including pixel values of said source image data and dummy values; second inputting means for inputting an address of said terminal; and means for transmitting said address of said terminal together with said processed image data to said server such that the server executes a processing for providing said processed image data to said terminal, wherein said image data processing means determines an image processing capacity of said terminal and converts an image size of said source image data such that said processed image data is commensurate with the image processing capacity of said terminal.