Dynamic image provisioning
First Claim
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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Abstract
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. On a remote server, a master set of data representative of a graphic image (30) is processed to form a first subset of data representative of a portion of the graphic image. The data is transmitted to the portable device (49) and drawn on the display (34). The user selects a portion of the image to be further expanded and the master database is again processed to form a second subset of data representative of the selected portion of the image. The second subset of data is transmitted to the portable device and drawn (36) on the display.
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16 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14)
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7. A method of transmitting an image from a remote server to a wireless portable device and dynamically viewing, by a human observer, the transmitted image on a display of the wireless portable device, comprising:
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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 wireless portable device;
c) rendering, on the display of the wireless 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 wireless 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 wireless portable device; and
h) rendering, on the display of the wireless portable device, a second image created from the transmitted second subset of data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 12)
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13. A method of transmitting an image from a remote server to a wireless portable device and dynamically viewing, by a human observer, the transmitted image on a display of the wireless portable device, comprising:
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a) transmitting a graphic image from the remote server to the wireless portable device, and transmitting additional data representative of portions immediately surrounding the borders of the graphic image;
b) rendering the graphic image on the display of the wireless portable device, and retaining said transmitted additional data in a cache in the wireless portable device;
c) panning, by the observer, the displayed image in a direction;
d) rendering a new version of the displayed image representative of the panned direction, using the cached data;
e) sending a request indicative of said panned direction, from the portable device to the remote server; and
f) on the remote server, fulfilling said request and transmitting additional data representative of portions immediately surrounding the borders of said new version of the graphic image.
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15. A method of transmitting images from a remote server to a wireless portable device and dynamically viewing, by a human observer, the transmitted images on a display of the wireless portable device, comprising:
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a) transmitting a plurality of graphic images having a first resolution, from the remote server to the wireless portable device;
b) processing, on the wireless portable device, the transmitted images to create a corresponding plurality of thumbnail images at a second resolution, said second resolution being lower than said first resolution;
c) rendering the plurality of transmitted graphic images on the display of the wireless portable device in thumbnail format;
d) selecting, by the observer, one of the plurality of rendered graphic images for further magnification; and
e) rendering the selected image on the display of the wireless portable device at the first resolution.
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16. A method of transmitting an image from a remote server to a wireless portable device and dynamically viewing, by a human observer, the transmitted image on a display of the wireless portable device, comprising:
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a) transmitting a plurality of graphic images in thumbnail format, from the remote server to the wireless portable device;
b) rendering the plurality of transmitted graphic images on the display of the wireless portable device;
c) transmitting a graphic image representative of each of the thumbnail images to the wireless portable device, said representative image being of larger magnification than the thumbnail image;
d) retaining the transmitted larger magnification image in memory on the device;
e) selecting, by the observer, one of the rendered thumbnail graphic images for further magnification; and
e) rendering, from the image in memory on the device, the selected image on the display of the wireless portable device.
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