Patent ID: 7215345
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: obtaining image data on a server, the image data defining a complete image having a horizontal extent and a vertical extent when rendered in a display; clipping said image data on said server to obtain clipped image data, the clipped image data representing a portion of the complete image when rendered in the display; transmitting said clipped image data from a transmitter on said server via a computer network without conversion to a receiver on a client; said receiver scaling said clipped image data for display; and said receiver displaying said scaled clipped image data, wherein clipping said image data includes obtaining by said server a clip-list specifying at least one clipping rectangle, the at least one clipping rectangle defining a portion of the complete image having the horizontal extent and the vertical extent, and wherein clipping said image data includes mapping by said server of said at least one clipping rectangle to said image data to determine said clipped image data, wherein the mapping includes determining for each of two diagonally opposed corner locations of said at least one clipping rectangle one respective nearest pixel in said image data.