Abstract:
A secured network connection requires three authentication routines. A system access authentication routine requires a client network device to submit user authentication information to a network server. Upon successful user authentication, the network server creates a Client Service Access Pass, embeds this pass into a dynamic web page transmitted to the client device. A client application access authentication routine requires that the dynamic web page pass the Client Service Access Pass to an instantiated client application, which in turn submits it back to a service server on the network server for authentication. Upon success authentication, the network server destroys the Client Service Access Pass, creates a Media File Access Pass, and sends this pass to the client application. A media file access authentication routine requires the client application to submit the Media File Access Pass along with any file access requests to the network server.
Abstract:
A graphical user interface (GUI) displaying a viewport includes a panning control region defined within an outer boundary of the viewport within the GUI. The panning control region includes multiple segments, each of the multiple segments corresponding to a panning direction, wherein a panning rate is indicated by a level of translucency of the multiple segments. A panning available region defined along the outer boundary of the viewport within the GUI is included. The panning available region indicates whether a source image extends beyond an edge of the viewport, and the panning available region is a subset of the panning control region. A method for panning an image through a viewport and a computing device are also provided.
Abstract:
A method for efficiently processing image data for display on a computer monitor is provided. The method initiates with reading image data in a compressed format into a memory associated with the computer. Then, at least one scaled copy of the image data is generated in the compressed format. Next, a display scale is determined for an image to be presented on a computer monitor. If the magnification is less than 100% of an image scale associated with the image data, then, either the image data or the at least one scaled copy of the image data is determined as being closest in magnification to the display scale, without being less than the display scale, to provide a closest in magnification image data. Next, the closest in magnification image data in the compressed format is processed. Then, the processed image data is displayed. The method is capable of displaying a portion of the image at any magnification. An integrated circuit chip and a system for efficiently processing image data for display are also provided.