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Dynamic image provisioning

  • US 6,931,661 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2001
  • Issued: 08/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting an image from a remote server to a portable device and dynamically viewing, by a human observer, the transmitted image on a display of the portable device, comprising:

  • a) processing, on the remote server, a master set of data representative of a graphic image to form a first subset of data representative of a portion of the graphic image;

    b) transmitting the first subset of data to the portable device;

    c) rendering, on the display of the portable device, a first image created from the transmitted first subset of data;

    d) selecting, by the observer, a portion of said rendered first image, to be further expanded;

    e) sending a request indicative of said selected portion, from the portable device to the remote server;

    f) on the remote server, fulfilling said request and processing said master set of data to form a second subset of data representative of said selected portion of said first image;

    g) transmitting the second subset of data to the portable device; and

    h) rendering, on the display of the portable device, a second image created from the transmitted second subset of data.

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