Patent ID: 6311197
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: G06F,G09G,H01H,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04Q

Abstract:
In a proxying server coupled to a client having a display device, a method of transmitting a document to the client in a manner such that a portion of the document that is to be displayed in a viewable display area of the display device is efficiently transmitted to the client, the method comprising the steps of:in response to a request for the document from the client, receiving the document at the proxying server, the document including image data and non-image data for causing the client to display the document;based on information at the proxying server specifying the height of the viewable display area of the display device, transmitting to the client a portion of the document that is to be displayed in the viewable display area of the display device, said portion of the document having the height of the viewable display area and including:any of the non-image data that drives a layout of said portion of the document; andany of the image data that is to be displayed on the display device within said portion of the document; andonly after said portion of the document that is to be displayed in the viewable display area is transmitted to the client, transmitting the remainder of the document to the client.