Patent ID: 8775662

Claim:
A method for sending multimedia content in a client and server system in a network, wherein the multimedia content comprises a plurality of separate and distinct images, the method comprising: concurrently, for each image of the plurality of separate and distinct images, sending a first predetermined portion only of that image from the server system through the network, the first predetermined portion of that image comprising a reconstruction of the entirety of that image at a first quality level; and after sending the first predetermined portion of each image of the plurality of separate and distinct images, for each image of the plurality of separate and distinct images, successively sending at least one subsequent predetermined portion of that image, the at least one subsequent predetermined portion of that image comprising image refinement data for concurrently reconstructing the entirety of that image at a successive higher quality level; wherein sending the first predetermined portion is handled using a Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol connection and sending the subsequent predetermined portions is handled using another predetermined protocol connection after the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol connection has closed.