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Methods of scaling and displaying a server-provided image

  • US 6,133,913 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1999
  • Issued: 10/17/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a web-accessing client-server system including a client in communication with at least one server through a proxying server, the client using a standard television display device to display an image to a user, the standard television display device having a plurality of borders, a method of scaling an image that initially has a horizontal dimension larger than the horizontal dimension of the standard television display device such that the entire horizontal dimension of the scaled image is visible on the standard television display device without horizontal scrolling, the method comprising:

  • at the proxying server, scaling the image horizontally and vertically according to a format of the standard television display device, such that the entire horizontal dimension of the image will be visible within the borders of the standard television display device when the scaled image is displayed on the display device;

    at the proxying server, scaling the coordinates of the image such that the image will be properly positioned on the standard television display device when the scaled image is displayed on the standard television display device; and

    transmitting the scaled image from the proxying server to the client such that the entire horizontal image can be displayed on the standard television display device without requiring horizontal scrolling.

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