Patent ID: 7260614

Claim:
A method for customized image display, said method comprising the acts of: receiving an initial portion of a scalable image file, defining an image, at a client device, said scalable image file being hosted on a server and wherein said initial portion comprises parts of a main header, and at least one of a tile-part header and a packet header, said initial portion also comprising initial graphical image data defining at least a portion of said image with a reduced image characteristic; receiving a user-selected image customization selection, related to said scalable image file, from a user interface at said client device, wherein said selection designates an more detailed image characteristic than said reduced image characteristic; determining at said client device, based on information in at least one of said headers in said initial portion, the bitstream location of at least one additional portion of said scalable image file that is required to render said user-selected image customization, wherein said additional portion is non-cumulative to said initial portion; sending a request from said client device to said server requesting data at said bitstream location; receiving said data at said bitstream location in response to said request; and rendering said user-selected image customization at said client device.