Method and system for streaming documents, E-mail attachments and maps to wireless devices

摘要

A method for streaming a vector image to a client computer, including: accessing a pre-processed vector image that was generated from a vector image, the pre-processed vector image including a plurality of local rectangular regions and a plurality of local vector objects, each local vector object being associated with one of the local rectangular regions; receiving a request from a user of a client computer for a desired portion of the vector image, for display at a desired pixel display resolution; identifying at least one local rectangular region from among the plurality of local rectangular regions of the pre-processed vector image, which is appropriate for generating the desired portion of the vector image at the desired display resolution; and transmitting the local vector objects associated with the at least one local rectangular region to the client computer.