Patent ID: 7702160
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for transferring image information on a network comprising: a server system for transmitting the image information stored in an image database connected to the network according to a request of a client system, the server system comprising: an image converting system for converting digital information into an image format; and an image database for storing image information made in the image converting system, wherein the image converting system converts the digital information into layered image information data with different magnification or contraction levels, wherein the image converting system further divides the digital information into a plurality of sub cells to provide a plurality of divided regions and compresses the divided digital information into each sub cell unit, and wherein the image converting system compresses the divided digital information into each sub cell unit, and each of the compressed cells is endowed with an index and integrated according to its order or position, thereby constituting one image file; and wherein in accordance with a request from the client system, the server system steams a portion of the indexed divided digital information to the client system in real time so that a requested portion of the image information is displayed on the client system; wherein at the time of when the digital information is divided into a plurality of sub cells, a number of the divided sub cells is determined by information regarding the client system information processing capacity and transmission speeds of the network; and wherein the compression of a cell unit is performed by a plurality of different methods, each method corresponding to each cell.