Information processing apparatus, information processing method, imaging apparatus, and image transfer system

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a control unit that performs:
• initial information transfer processing of obtaining additional information on a basis of associated information and transmitting the associated information and the additional information to a client terminal in response to reception of the associated information that is information associated with an image captured by an imaging apparatus and has a smaller data amount than the image;
• and
• main image transfer processing of transmitting an image transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the client terminal according to request information generated by selection processing in the client terminal based on transmission of the associated information or the additional information,
• wherein, as the initial information transfer processing, the control unit performs
• processing of transmitting first associated information to the client terminal with the additional information or without the additional information,
• processing of transferring request information generated by selection processing in the client terminal based on transmission including the first associated information to the imaging apparatus, and
• processing of transmitting second associated information transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the client terminal according to the request information.

An information processing method for an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:

• initial information transfer processing of obtaining additional information on a basis of associated information and transmitting the associated information and the additional information to a client terminal in response to reception of the associated information that is information associated with an image captured by an imaging apparatus and has a smaller data amount than the image;
• main image transfer processing of transmitting an image transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the client terminal according to request information generated by selection processing in the client terminal based on transmission of the associated information and the additional information;
• and
• as the initial information transfer processing, switching processing of a plurality of transmission patterns including a transmission pattern to which the additional information is added and a transmission pattern to which the additional information is not added.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code, the program code being executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

• initial information transfer processing of obtaining additional information on a basis of associated information and transmitting the associated information and the additional information to a client terminal in response to reception of the associated information that is information associated with an image captured by an imaging apparatus and has a smaller data amount than the image;
• main image transfer processing of transmitting an image transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the client terminal according to request information generated by selection processing in the client terminal based on transmission of the associated information and the additional information;
• and
• as the initial information transfer processing, switching processing of a plurality of transmission patterns including a transmission pattern to which the additional information is added and a transmission pattern to which the additional information is not added.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program code, the program code being executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:

• initial information transfer processing of obtaining additional information on a basis of associated information and transmitting the associated information and the additional information to a client terminal in response to reception of the associated information that is information associated with an image captured by an imaging apparatus and has a smaller data amount than the image;
• main image transfer processing of transmitting an image transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the client terminal according to request information generated by selection processing in the client terminal based on transmission of the associated information or the additional information;
• and
• performing, as the initial information transfer processing:
• processing of transmitting first associated information to the client terminal with the additional information or without the additional information,
• processing of transferring request information generated by selection processing in the client terminal based on transmission including the first associated information to the imaging apparatus, and
• processing of transmitting second associated information transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the client terminal according to the request information.