Screen data transmitting device

A screen data transmitting method of transmitting screen data to a screen display terminal through a network, comprising:

• generating a display image data;
• storing compression properties information associating a plurality of compression schemes with a plurality of classes of graphical user interface (GUI) components;
• selecting one of the compression schemes with respect to a class of a GUI component that is present in a region of the display image data;
• compressing the region of the display image data according to the selected compression scheme;
• and
• transmitting the screen data including the compressed display image data to the screen display terminal.

A computer program stored in a computer-readable medium for transmitting screen data to a screen display terminal through a network, the program comprising:

• means for instructing a computer to generate a display image data;
• means for instructing the computer to store compression properties information associating a plurality of compression schemes with a plurality of classes of graphical user interface (GUI) components;
• means for instructing the computer to select one of the compression schemes with respect to a class of a GUI component that is present in a region of the display image data;
• means for instructing the computer to compress the region of the display image data according to the selected compression scheme;
• and
• means for instructing the computer to transmit the screen data including the compressed display image data to the screen display terminal.