Patent ID: 7346856
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a web page containing an image on a hand held display device screen comprising: determining if the size of the image is larger than an allocated display area on the hand held display device screen when the web page is displayed as a reduced web page on the hand held display device screen; responsive to a determination that the image is larger than the allocated display area, dividing the image into a plurality of fragments; and displaying the reduced web page containing a fragment from the plurality of fragments in the allocated display area; wherein a number of fragments is determined by calculating a number of x axis divisions and a number of y axis divisions; wherein calculating the number of x axis divisions and the number of y axis divisions is based on pixels; and wherein the image is divided into a plurality of fragments without a translation into a bit map image or a raster image; wherein the image has an intended resolution; and wherein the web page is displayed at a reduced resolution and the fragment is displayed at the image's intended resolution.