Visual content browsng using rasterized representations
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The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using Server-Side rasterization of Visual content. Visual content is rendered on a Server System, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows the server to perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, and images at the client device. The approach is “remote” because the Server does the rendering and the client provides the interface;
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