Patent ID: 6891553

Claim:
In a web-accessing client-server system that includes a client web browser in communication with at least one server, arid wherein the client web browser uses a television display device to display an image to a user, a method of scaling down an image that initially has a horizontal dimension that extends beyond tho borders of the television display device, such that the entire horizontal dimension of the scaled image is visible within the horizontal dimension of the television display device without horizontal scrolling, the method comprising the acts of: at the client web browser, determining a scaling factor defined by only the amount of scaling that is necessary to fit the image within the horizontal dimension of the television display device; at the client web browser, scaling the image horizontally and vertically according to the scaling factor; and displaying the image on the television display device, such that the entire horizontal dimension of the image is visible within the horizontal dimension of the television display device at the same time.