Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which may include accessing an Internet site by a proxy server; converting image data from the Internet site into a multiresolution representation; and transmitting the image data in said multiresolution representation to a client device.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed, that may include establishing communication between a first computer and a second computer over a communication link, the second computer having an image collection stored therein in the form of compressed image data; selecting a plurality of images in the collection for communication to said first computer; and transmitting low-resolution image data for all of the selected images from the second computer to the first computer before transmitting full-resolution image data for any of the selected images.

Abstract: A method is disclosed which may include providing an original image having an array of samples; defining a two-dimensional target image having a higher resolution than the original image; defining a splat in the target image for each of a plurality of samples in the array; and rendering the plurality of splats employing a graphics processor.

Abstract: A method is disclosed which may include providing a display operating within a computing system; selecting at least one display characteristic to represent respective activity statuses of a plurality of windows present in the display, the at least one display characteristic including at least resolution; and displaying the windows employing values of the at least one selected display characteristic corresponding to the windows' respective activity statuses.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which include providing a first layer of an image, the first layer including features of the image having locations within the first layer; and providing a second layer of the image, the second layer including data blocks corresponding to respective ones of the features; each data block being in a location in the second layer substantially corresponding to a location in the first layer of the feature corresponding to each data block, wherein a size and shape of the second layer substantially correspond to a size and shape of said first layer.

Abstract: A method is disclosed which may include providing a cache in a computing system having an initial group of cache objects, the cache object having an initial compression ratio and including stored data; decreasing an amount of data storage space in the cache occupied by at least one of the cache objects other than a given one of the cache objects; and increasing an amount of data storage space in the cache occupied by the given cache object.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are contemplated to perform various actions, including: zooming into or out of an image having at least one object, wherein at least some elements of the at least one object are scaled up and/or down in a way that is non-physically proportional to one or more zoom levels associated with the zooming, and wherein, for example, the non-physically proportional scaling may be expressed by the following formula: p=d?·za, where p is a linear size in pixels of one or more elements of the object at the zoom level, d? is an imputed linear size of the one or more elements of the object in physical units, z is the zoom level in units of physical linear size/pixel, and a is a power law where a??1.

Abstract: A method of display of visual content is disclosed which utilizes nodes that launch only when necessary. The nodes may be rendered and/or displayed in the coordinate system of another node, perhaps a parent node, when appropriate. Increase precision of display objects is achieved.

Abstract: A method of display of visual content is disclosed which utilizes nodes that launch only when necessary. The nodes may be rendered and/or displayed in the coordinate system of another node, perhaps a parent node, when appropriate. Increase precision of display objects is achieved.