Image data communication system and image data communication method

摘要

An image data communication system having: a plurality of server computers for providing at least one of a plurality of stored image data; and at least one client computer for requesting one of the plurality of server computers to provide the image data. Each server computer has selecting means for, when the request is received from the client computer, selecting the server computer which can cope with the request and transmitting means for transmitting access information for accessing the selected server computer to the client computer. The client computer has obtaining means for, when the access information is received, obtaining the image data from the server computer corresponding to the access information.