Method and system for streaming images to wireless devices

1. A method for streaming media, comprising:

requesting, at a client, a first portion of raster data from a server, wherein the raster data is referenced in a scalable vector graphics (SVG) document;

receiving the first portion of raster data;

receiving a selection;

requesting a second portion of the raster data from the server based on the first portion and the selection;

receiving the second portion of raster data

receiving a selection of an overlay image; and

displaying a composite image comprising the overlay image and at least part of the second portion of raster data;

wherein the SVG document is packaged in a hypertext markup language (HTML) document, and wherein requesting the first portion of raster data from the server and requesting the second portion of raster data from the server each comprise a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the first portion of raster data.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying the second portion of raster data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection is defined relative to the overlay image.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the composite image comprising the overlay image and at least part of the second portion of raster data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlay image comprises at least one cutout.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlay image comprises at least one of a JPEG image or a TIF image.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

requesting a modification of the SVG document; and

receiving a modified SVG document.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the modification comprises at least one of embedding text, rescaling the composite image, reassembling the composite image, and resizing the composite image.

10. An apparatus for streaming media, comprising:

a computing device configured to:

request a first portion of raster data from a server, wherein the raster data is referenced in a scalable vector graphics (SVG) document;

receive the first portion of raster data;

receive a selection;

request a second portion of the raster data from the server based on the first portion and the selection;

receive the second portion of raster data

receive a selection of an overlay image; and

display a composite image comprising the overlay image and at least part of the second portion of raster data

wherein the SVG document is packaged in a hypertext markup language (HTML) document, and wherein requesting the first portion of raster data from the server and requesting the second portion of raster data from the server each comprise a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the computing device is further configured to display the first portion of raster data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the computing device is further configured to display the second portion of raster data.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the selection is defined relative to the overlay image.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the computing device is further configured to receive the composite image comprising the overlay image and at least part of the second portion of raster data.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the overlay image comprises at least one cutout.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the overlay image comprises at least one of a JPEG image or a TIF image.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the computing device is further configured to:

request a modification of the SVG document; and

receive a modified SVG document.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the modification comprises at least one of embedding text, rescaling the composite image, reassembling the composite image, and resizing the composite image.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

requesting a first portion of raster data from a server, wherein the raster data is referenced in a scalable vector graphics (SVG) document;

receiving the first portion of raster data;

receiving a selection;

requesting a second portion of the raster data from the server based on the first portion and the selection;

receiving the second portion of raster data

receiving a selection of an overlay image; and

displaying a composite image comprising the overlay image and at least part of the second portion of raster data;

wherein the SVG document is packaged in a hypertext markup language (HTML) document, and wherein requesting the first portion of raster data from the server and requesting the second portion of raster data from the server each comprise a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying the first portion of raster data.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying the second portion of raster data.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the selection is defined relative to the overlay image.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise receiving the composite image comprising the overlay image and at least part of the second portion of raster data.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the overlay image comprises at least one cutout.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the overlay image comprises at least one of a JPEG image or a TIF image.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:

requesting a modification of the SVG document; and

receiving a modified SVG document.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 26 , wherein the modification comprises at least one of embedding text, rescaling the composite image, reassembling the composite image, and resizing the composite image.