Patent ID: 7792999

Claim:
An image data server which transmits image data through a communication network to a client apparatus for displaying an image on a display screen, the image data server comprising: a central processing unit (CPU), the CPU being operatively configured to function as: an obtainment section that obtains aspect ratio information of the display screen of the client apparatus from the client apparatus through the communication network; a specification section that specifies a display screen area where the image based on the image data is not displayed in the display screen of the client apparatus when the image is output to the client apparatus according to the aspect ratio information obtained by the obtainment section; a creation section that creates combined data by combining background image data corresponding to the display screen area specified by the specification section with the image data; a transmission section that transmits the combined data created by the creation section through the communication network to the client apparatus; an image obtainment section that obtains image data through the communication network; a storage section that stores the image data obtained by the image obtainment section as background image data, wherein the creation section combines the background image data stored in the storage section with the image data to be displayed; and a selection section selects background image data previously set associated with the image data, wherein the creation section combines the image data with the background image data selected by the selection section.