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Technique for delivering via a communications network data for image display with a desired aspect ratio

  • US 20050278740A1
  • Filed: 06/10/2004
  • Published: 12/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for delivering through a communications network data representing a graphical image, the data being receivable by at least one terminal and being used to generate the graphical image on a display device associated therewith, which has one of at least first and second aspect ratios, the system comprising:

  • a processing unit for generating a first record containing data representing a first version of the graphical image formatted for the first aspect ratio, and a second record containing data representing a second version of the graphical image formatted for the second aspect ratio, a transmission channel in the communications network being assigned to transport both the first record and second record therethrough; and

    a mechanism for sending, through the transmission channel, a data stream containing the first record and the second record, and information concerning the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio associated with the first record and the second record, respectively, thereby facilitating selecting by the at least one terminal one of the first record and the second record to recover a version of the graphical image corresponding to an aspect ratio of the display device.

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