Patent ID: 7257771
Filing Date: 2007-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for converting a page description file to a composite representation thereof for fast web viewing, said system comprising: a conversion engine configured to convert a page of said page description file into an aggregate file having all display elements of said page and to convert said page into an image-only file configured in a scalable vector graphics language and having metrics that represent the background image object files of said page; a rendering utility for rendering said aggregate file to an aggregate bitmap and for rendering said image-only file into an image-only bitmap; a comparison engine for comparing the image-only bitmap and the aggregate bitmap to create a foreground bitmap file which is displayed on a Web browser, said comparison engine further including a conversion sub routine for converting said image-only bitmap file to a background raster file; a delivery engine for delivering said foreground bitmap file and said background raster file, or said foreground bitmap file and said background image object files, to a Web browser by creating HTML code which superimposes said foreground bitmap file and said background raster file or said foreground bitmap file and said background image object files on a Web browser, thereby providing a small sized, high quality image and text composite representation of said page of said page description file; and wherein said system is configured to be compatible with HTML and HTML coding standards such that no additional application, or program, or plug-in other than said Web browser is required to display said composite representation of said page of said page description file.