Patent ID: 7672539

Claim:
A method for scaling a graphics image, the graphics image including distortion-sensitive graphics information and distortion-nonsensitive graphics information, comprising: receiving graphics information from a source; analyzing said graphics information so as to identify distortion-sensitive graphics information and distortion-nonsensitive graphics information; separating, by using a comparator, the distortion-sensitive graphics information from the distortion-nonsensitive graphics information; scaling, by using a first scaler, the distortion-nonsensitive graphics information using a first scaling algorithm to produce scaled distortion-nonsensitive graphics information; scaling, by using a second scaler, the distortion-sensitive graphics information using a second scaling algorithm to produce scaled distortion-sensitive graphics information, wherein the first scaling algorithm is different than the second scaling algorithm; compositing the scaled distortion-nonsensitive graphics information and the scaled distortion-sensitive graphics information to produce a scaled graphics image, wherein said compositing the scaled distortion-nonsensitive graphics information and the scaled distortion-sensitive graphics information further comprises replacing the scaled distortion-sensitive graphics information into the scaled graphics image; displaying said scaled graphics image on a display; and determining a new position for the scaled distortion-sensitive graphics information within the scaled graphics image, wherein determining the new position for the distortion-sensitive graphics information is based on a comparison of the first and second scaling algorithms.