LizardTech, Inc. v. Earth Resource Mapping, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A method for selectively viewing areas of an image at multiple resolutions in a computer ... comprising the steps of: storing a complete set of image data array I(x,y) representing said image defining a plurality of discrete tile image data T¡j(x,y) subsets, where said complete set of image data I(x,y) is formed by superposition of said discrete tile image data TjS(x,y); performing one or more discrete wavelet transformation (DWT)-based compression processes on each said tile image data Ty(x,y) in a selected sequence to output each said discrete tile image data Ty(x,y) as a succession of DWT coefficients ...; maintaining updated sums of said DWT coefficients from said discrete tile image Ty(x,y) to form a seamless DWT of said image and storing said sums in a first primary memory location of said computer; periodically compressing said sums and transferring said compressed sums to a second secondary memory ...; selecting a viewing set of said image data array I(x,y) to be viewed at a desired resolution; ....”

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