Patent ID: 6449639
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for viewing a document located on a server computer, comprising:sending by a client computer a page display request to said server computer to view a page of a document, said page including text and image data; creating by said server computer a layout page containing a reference to stored image data, the reference including parameters for a rectangle designating an image portion; transmitting said layout page from said server computer to the said client computer; sending by said client computer an image data request to a remote computer according to said reference to stored image data; transmitting requested image data from said remote computer to said client computer in response to said image data request; repeating said sending a page display request, said sending an image data request by said client computer and transmitting requested image from said remote computer, for subsequent page display request for a magnified view of the page of the document; dynamically changing the parameters for a rectangle corresponding to the subsequent page display request; and wherein the parameters for a rectangle and the parameters for a display width and height are included within a CVT command from an Internet Imaging Protocol.