Patent ID: 7903138

Claim:
A first information processing device that is connectible to a second information processing device through a communication network and which mutually communicates information therebetween, comprising: an image input device that outputs a first low resolution image or a first high resolution image of an object; a transmitter that transmits the first low resolution image or the first high resolution image of the object to the second information processing device through the communication network; a receiver that receives a second low resolution image and a control signal transmitted from the second information processing device through the communication network; and a display that displays the second low resolution image transmitted from the second information processing device, wherein: the image input device outputs the first low resolution image without receiving the control signal from the second image processing device, and the transmitter transmits the first low resolution image to the second information processing device; and the image input device outputs the first high resolution image of the object upon receipt of the control signal, and the transmitter transmits the first high resolution image to the second information processing device.