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Updating an image

  • US 9,436,429 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2014
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    one or more computer-readable storage memories comprising processor-executable instructions which, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, are configured to;

    display an image on the device, the image being associated with a shared image between the device and a second device, the image being divided into an array of contiguous sub-tiles, each sub-tile comprising at least one picture element of the image;

    receive at least a first encoded tile associated with an update to the image from the second device, the at least first encoded tile comprising one or more sub-tiles of the array of contiguous sub-tiles associated with changed sub-tiles of the image, wherein an efficiency algorithm is utilized to determine an optimal configuration of the at least first encoded tile and to vary the number of sub-tiles within the at least first encoded tile, based on the optimal configuration, such that the tile includes at least one sub-tile with changed content of the image and at least one sub-tile containing unchanged content of the image; and

    update the image in accordance with said at least one sub-tile with changed content of the image.

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