Patent ID: 7970819

Claim:
A method for interactive, customized image transmission, said method comprising: a. creating an index file corresponding to a JPEG-2000 format image, wherein said index file associates, for at least one customization characteristic, segments of said JPEG-2000 format image required to construct an image exhibiting said at least one customization characteristic, wherein said segments are determined from a main header of said JPEG-2000 format image and at least one of a tile-part header and a packet header of said JPEG-2000 format image; b. transmitting said index file to a client, wherein said index file enables recipient selection, at said client, of a customization of said JPEG-2000 format image; c. determining a thumbnail resolution for said JPEG-2000 format image; d. transmitting said JPEG-2000 format image to said client at said thumbnail resolution; e. receiving, from a client image application, an HTTP request for selected segments of said JPEG-2000 format image, wherein said selected segments correspond, through associations in said index file, to a recipient selection of a customization of said JPEG-2000 format image; and f. transmitting said selected segments of said JPEG-2000 format image to said client, thereby allowing rendering of said recipient-selected customization of said JPEG-2000 format image on said client without transmission of the entirety of said JPEG-2000 format image.