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METHOD FOR DOCUMENT VIEWING

  • US 20070106818A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2006
  • Published: 05/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for viewing, on a client-side device, documents requested from a server-side device, the client-side device and server-side device having a communication link therebetween, comprising:

  • (a) generating a request from a client-side device to be sent to a server-side device, the request identifying a document, and a section of the document to be sent to the client-side device;

    (b) the server-side device retrieving, in response to receiving the request from the client-side device, the requested document and the requested section of the requested document;

    (c) the server-side device compressing, using a compression format compatible with the client-side device, the section of the requested document into a compressed image;

    (d) the server-side device determining that a size of the received compressed image is greater than a size of the image rendered on the display;

    (e) the server-side device communicating a decompressed image to the client side device when the server side device determines that a size of the compressed image is greater than a size of the image rendered on the display; and

    (f) the client-side device displaying the decompressed image.

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