Patent ID: 7562157

Claim:
A digital picture system comprising: a field unit comprising a digital camera; a data server; a proxy server; and a client comprising a display, wherein the data server is communicatively coupled to the field unit and to the proxy server; the field unit comprises instructions for sending to the data server digital picture data associated with a digital picture taken by the digital camera; the proxy server is communicatively coupled to the client; the client comprises instructions for: sending to the proxy server client display data indicative of a capability of the client display to display images; and sending requests for digital picture data to the proxy server, and the proxy server comprises instructions for: storing the client display data; receiving a request for digital picture data from the client; obtaining the digital picture data from the data server in response to the request for digital picture data from the client; transposing the digital picture data to reduce information density of the digital picture data in accordance with the stored client display data; and transmitting the digital picture data with reduced information density to the client.