Method and system for streaming images to wireless devices

• US 7,667,862 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2004
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: iSee-Media Inc.
• Inventors: Ziegler, Rudy, Opala, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia; Gabriel I
• Application Number:
  US10/958,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20060085529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,967 Days
• Field of Search: 356/600, 356/666, 356/667, 356/668, 356/669, 356/670, 356/671, 358/1.9, 358/1.13, 358/1.15, 358/1.18, 358/474, 358/402, 709/207, 709/208, 709/209, 709/223
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/20 using video object coding

Abstract

A method for interactively viewing raster images using scalable vector graphics (SVG), including receiving an SVG document, the SVG document including a reference to a raster image within the SVG document, the reference indicating a rectangular portion, a display width and height, and an IP address for a server computer, passing the SVG document to an SVG viewer, rendering the SVG document, including requesting from the server computer a first portion of raster image data corresponding to the rectangular portion, display width and display height, the first portion of raster image data being derived from the raster image, receiving the first portion of raster image data from the server computer, displaying the first portion of raster image data, transmitting a user request for a different portion of the raster image data, receiving a modified SVG document, modified according to the different portion requested by the user, passing the modified SVG document to the SVG viewer for re-rendering. A system and a computer readable storage medium are also described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method for interactively viewing raster images using scalable vector graphics (SVG), comprising:

receiving an SVG document, the SVG document including a reference to a raster image within the SVG document, the reference indicating a rectangular portion, a display width and height, and an IP address for a server computer;

passing the SVG document to an SVG viewer;

rendering the SVG document, comprising;

requesting from the server computer a first portion of raster image data corresponding to the rectangular portion, display width and display height, the first portion of raster image data being derived from the raster image;

receiving the first portion of raster image data from the server computer;

displaying the first portion of raster image data;

transmitting a user request for a different portion of the raster image data;

receiving a modified SVG document, modified according to the different portion requested by the user;

passing the modified SVG document to the SVG viewer for re-rendering.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the reference to the raster image is placed within an <

image>

tag.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the modified SVG document has a modified rectangular portion within the reference to the raster image.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the modified SVG document has a modified display width within the reference to the raster image.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the modified SVG document has a modified display height within the reference to the raster image.

6. A system for interactively viewing raster images using scalable vector graphics (SVG), comprising:

a receiver for (i) receiving an SVG document from a server computer, the SVG document including a reference to a raster image within the SVG document, the reference indicating a rectangular portion, a display width and height, and an IP address for a server computer, (ii) receiving a modified SVG document from the server computer, modified according to a different portion, and (iii) receiving a portion of raster image data from the server computer;

a transmitter for (i) requesting from the server computer a first portion of raster image data corresponding to the rectangular portion, display width and display height, the first portion of raster image data being derived from the raster image, and (ii) requesting a different portion of the raster image data; and

an SVG renderer operatively coupled with said receiver and said transmitter for rendering an SVG document, comprising a raster image processor for displaying a portion of raster image data.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the reference to the raster image is placed within an <

image>

tag.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the modified SVG document has a modified rectangular portion within the reference to the raster image.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein the modified SVG document has a modified display width within the reference to the raster image.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the modified SVG document has a modified display height within the reference to the raster image.

11. A computer-readable storage medium storing program code for causing a computer to perform the steps of:

receiving an SVG document, the SVG document including a reference to a raster image within the SVG document, the reference indicating a rectangular portion, a display width and height, and an IP address for a server computer;

passing the SVG document to an SVG viewer;

rendering the SVG document, comprising;

requesting from the server computer a first portion of raster image data corresponding to the rectangular portion, display width and display height, the first portion of raster image data being derived from the raster image;

receiving the first portion of raster image data from the server computer;

displaying the first portion of raster image data;

transmitting a user request for a different portion of the raster image data;

receiving a modified SVG document, modified according to the different portion requested by the user;

passing the modified SVG document to the SVG viewer for re-rendering.