Patent ID: 6873343

Claim:
A method for creating an image at different resolutions with a scalable graphic, the method comprising: selecting a version of the image for display with the scalable graphic, the version of the image being at one of a plurality of resolutions; generating the version of the image from a first compressed image bitstream from which other versions of the image at two or more of the plurality of resolutions could be generated, a first of the other versions being generated using a first portion of the first compressed image bitstream and a second of the other versions being generated using the first portion of the first compressed image bitstream and a second portion of the first compressed image bitstream; and generating another version of the image from a second image bitstream from which versions of the image at two or more of the plurality of resolutions could be generated, a first of the versions being generated using a first portion of the second image bitstream and a second of the versions being generated using the first portion of the second image bitstream and a second portion of the second image bitstream.