Patent ID: 7197711

Claim:
A method using a computerized device for presenting images, the method comprising: generating a presentation, the presentation comprising at least a first image and a second image for viewing in series, the first and second images comprises images for an entire image viewing plane; partitioning the image viewing plane for the first image into at least two sections, a first section comprising a master slide including at least one common element from the first and second images, a second section comprising a first mask for the first image; partitioning the image viewing plane of the second image into a second mask; compressing the master slide, the first mask, and the second mask; transmitting the compressed master slide, the first mask, and the second mask to a handheld; decompressing the compressed master slide, first mask, and second mask; generating a first rebuilt image for the entire image viewing plane for presentation using the handheld, the first rebuilt image comprising a first rebuilt section based on the decompressed master slide and a second rebuilt section based on the decompressed first mask; and generating a second rebuilt image for the entire image viewing plane based on the decompressed second mask.