Patent ID: 7631269

Claim:
An article of manufacture, comprising: computer-readable media; and computer-readable code, stored on the computer-readable media, including code to, in response to receiving an image request, retrieve a vector image from a device that is a target of the image request; retrieve physical state information for a configurable component of the device, wherein the configurable component is a retaining mechanism, and wherein the physical state information indicates a state of the retaining mechanism, the vector image illustrating at least a portion of the device; format the vector image in response to the physical state information by, identifying a component state tag within the vector image, the component state tag being associated with i) the configurable component, and ii) a set of vectors defining a component state image; and in accord with the physical state information for the configurable component, setting a display indicator corresponding to the component state tag, the display indicator affecting display of the component state image during display of the vector image; and return a formatted version of the vector image.