Method and system for generating detail-in-context presentations in client/server systems
First Claim
1. A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen of a client coupled over a network to a server, comprising:
- establishing a lens having a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region;
if the lens is in transit between first and second locations for the region-of-interest in the original image, applying the lens to the original image by a first method to generate the presentation at the client; and
, if the lens is stationary in the original image, receiving the presentation from the server, the server applying the lens to the original image by a second method to generate the presentation.
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Abstract
A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen of a client coupled over a network to a server, comprising: establishing a lens having a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; if the lens is in transit between first and second locations for the region-of-interest in the original image, applying the lens to the original image by a first method to generate the presentation at the client; and, if the lens is stationary in the original image, receiving the presentation from the server, the server applying the lens to the original image by a second method to generate the presentation.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen of a client coupled over a network to a server, comprising:
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establishing a lens having a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region;
if the lens is in transit between first and second locations for the region-of-interest in the original image, applying the lens to the original image by a first method to generate the presentation at the client; and
,if the lens is stationary in the original image, receiving the presentation from the server, the server applying the lens to the original image by a second method to generate the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the system coupled over a network to a server, the system comprising:
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a processor coupled to memory and the display screen; and
,modules within the memory and executed by the processor, the modules including;
a module for establishing a lens having a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region;
a module for, if the lens is in transit between first and second locations for the region-of-interest in the original image, applying the lens to the original image by a first method to generate the presentation; and
,a module for, if the lens is stationary in the original image, receiving the presentation from the server, the server applying the lens to the original image by a second method to generate the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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