摘要 |
A mobile telephone ( 10, 20 ) receives, constructs and displays an image ( 32 ) from a server ( 18 ) over a mobile telephone network ( 12, 16, 18 ) where the server ( 18 ) determines the parameters for data transfer from the server ( 18 ) to the mobile telephone ( 10, 20 ), the capabilities of the mobile telephone ( 32 ) transfer task requirements, and apportions the processing between the server and the mobile telephone ( 10, 20 ) for each of a plurality of elements ( 28, 30, 38,40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 60, 62 ) in each image ( 32 ), thereby to meet the task requirement, which can include being within a predetermined time for task completion, or being the fastest means for task completion. Parameters for data transfer from server ( 18 ) to telephone ( 10, 20 ) include server ( 18 ) transmission bandwidth, phone ( 10, 20 ) reception bandwidth, data channel bandwidth, transmission protocol; and channel accessibility. Phone ( 10, 20 ) capabilities include the data processing speed, the available memory, display size and the data processing software available; Task requirements include the maximum time from transmission to display of the image; and the minimum display resolution of the image. |