Method for viewing non-image attachments on a portable electronic device
First Claim
1. A method for viewing an attachment of an email message on a portable electronic device comprising:
- requesting to view said attachment in an attachment viewer of said portable electronic device, said attachment having a renderable format;
building a graph structure within an attachment server representing a map of said attachment, said graph structure including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of said attachment;
requesting rendering of said attachment, said rendering request being sent from said attachment viewer to said attachment server and including said at least one renderable identifier;
drawing rendering commands corresponding to command types of said graph structure in an off-screen bitmap;
saving said off-screen bitmap as an image;
sending said image to said portable electronic device; and
displaying said image in said attachment viewer.
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Abstract
A method for viewing an attachment of an email message on a portable electronic device in which the attachment has a renderable format is provided. The method includes: requesting to view the attachment in an attachment viewer of the portable electronic device, building a graph structure within an attachment server representing a map of the attachment, the graph structure including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of the attachment, requesting rendering of the attachment, the rendering request being send from the attachment viewer to the attachment server and including the at least one renderable identifier, initializing a rendering library and storing rendering commands -corresponding to command types of the graph structure in the rendering library, drawing the rendering commands in an off-screen bitmap, saving the off-screen bitmap as a JPEG file, sending the JPEG file to the portable electronic device and displaying the JPEG file in the attachment viewer.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for viewing an attachment of an email message on a portable electronic device comprising:
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requesting to view said attachment in an attachment viewer of said portable electronic device, said attachment having a renderable format; building a graph structure within an attachment server representing a map of said attachment, said graph structure including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of said attachment; requesting rendering of said attachment, said rendering request being sent from said attachment viewer to said attachment server and including said at least one renderable identifier; drawing rendering commands corresponding to command types of said graph structure in an off-screen bitmap; saving said off-screen bitmap as an image; sending said image to said portable electronic device; and displaying said image in said attachment viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A server process comprising:
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receiving a request to view an attachment of an email message, said attachment having a renderable format; building a graph structure within an attachment server representing a map of said attachment, said graph structure including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of said attachment; receiving a request to render said attachment, said request to render including said at least one renderable identifier; drawing rendering commands corresponding to command types of said graph structure in said rendering library in an off-screen bitmap; saving said off-screen bitmap as an image; and transmitting said image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A mobile device method comprising:
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transmitting a request to view an attachment, said attachment having a renderable format; receiving a server descriptor including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of said attachment; transmitting a request to render said attachment, said request to render including said at least one renderable identifier; receiving and displaying an image of a first page of said attachment and a graphical indication of any additional pages of said attachment; and in the event of scrolling over said graphical indication transmitting an additional request to render an associated one of said additional pages for receipt and display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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