Patent ID: 7865827

Claim:
A method for processing electronic document data on a server connected to at least one client, the method comprising the following steps: storing a first electronic file containing image data representing a document displayable by the client; converting the first electronic file into a plurality of second electronic files, wherein each of the second electronic files contains the document data of one page of the document for display, the document data of the first electronic file being distributed over the plurality of second electronic files; converting the second electronic files into a plurality of third electronic files, wherein the document data of each second electronic file is distributed over a configurable plurality of the third electronic files to fragment each page of the document for display; in response to a request from the client to display a page of the document, transmitting to the client the image data of the requested page as a collection of the third electronic files; and displaying an image representing the requested page, wherein the displayed image comprises a plurality of image fragments each corresponding to a respective one of the third electronic files, wherein predetermined commands can be applied to the displayed image only by applying the predetermined commands to each of the plurality of image fragments individually.