Patent ID: 8769395

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing image layering metadata information in a free box of a JPM file having a plurality of layout objects, wherein the image layering metadata information follows a marker that identifies a presence of layered image data in the JPM file, and wherein the image layering metadata information includes at least a page box index value indicative of a range of page boxes with layout objects from the plurality of layout objects to be used for image layering, a number of distinct groups of layout objects within the page boxes, and a number of layout objects that are contained within each of the distinct groups; and generating at least one image using the plurality of layout objects and based on the accessed image layering metadata information, wherein a first image corresponding to a first set of at least one of the layout objects of the plurality of layout objects is generated to occlude a second image corresponding to a second set of one or more layout objects in the plurality of layout objects for sequentially displaying the second image at a particular resolution and then displaying after a period of time the first image at a different resolution for display of increasing resolutions of the at least one image, wherein the first image and the second image in the sequential display correspond to distinct sets of layout objects in the plurality of layout objects displayed at different times, and wherein the plurality of layout objects include a third set of layout objects with a different level of security access than the first and second sets of layout objects, and further wherein the third set of layout objects is selectively displayed within the at least one image based on which application from a plurality of different applications is utilized to view the plurality of layout objects and a corresponding level of security access associated with the application.