Patent ID: 8237740
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A computer-based method for interactively viewing a vector image, comprising: accepting, via a user interface running on a client computer, user input requesting a designated portion of a designated vector image stored on a server computer, for display by the client computer at a designated pixel resolution, the designated vector image comprising a plurality of global vector objects; identifying, by the client computer, one or more of a plurality of local rectangular regions that correspond to the designated portion and to the designated pixel resolution; dynamically generating on-the-fly, by the server computer from the designated vector image, a tiled mufti-resolution datastore of local vector objects, each local vector object being associated with one of the plurality of local rectangular regions, comprising: receiving, by the client computer from the server computer, the requested local vector objects; and rendering, by the client computer, the desired portion of the designated vector image at the designated pixel resolution using the local vector objects received from the server computer.