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An improved method of providing a document to a client coupled to a server. The server provides a number of Internet services to the client, including functioning as a caching proxy on behalf of the client for purposes of accessing the World Wide Web. The proxying server retrieves from a remote serv

An improved method of providing a document to a client coupled to a server. The server provides a number of Internet services to the client, including functioning as a caching proxy on behalf of the client for purposes of accessing the World Wide Web. The proxying server retrieves from a remote server in response to a request from the client a Web document used to generate a Web page on a television screen coupled to the client. Prior to downloading the requested Web page to the client, the server lays out the entire Web page and separates the Web page into partitions such that each one of the partitions corresponds to the viewable display area of the television screen coupled to the client. The server downloads the HTML data that drives the layout within the viewable display area of the television screen. The server then downloads all of the image data that is displayed within the viewable display area of the television screen such that the portion of the Web page within the viewable area of the television can be fully generated and displayed by the client in a reduced amount of time. The server subsequently downloads the remaining partitions of the Web page in similar fashion until the entire web page has been downloaded to the client.

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[ What is claimed is:] [8.]8. In a proxying server coupled to a client having a display device and to a remote server, the proxying server operating as a proxy on behalf of the client for accessing the remote server, a method of providing a document to the client in a manner such that successive por

[ What is claimed is:] [8.]8. In a proxying server coupled to a client having a display device and to a remote server, the proxying server operating as a proxy on behalf of the client for accessing the remote server, a method of providing a document to the client in a manner such that successive portions of the document that correspond to a viewable display area of the display device are efficiently transmitted to the client, the method comprising the steps of:retrieving the document from the remote server in response to a request from the client, the document including Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) data and image data;based on information specifying the height of a viewable display area of the display device, partitioning the document into partitions, each having a display height corresponding to the viewable display height of the display and each including HTML data that drives the layout of the particular partition and any of the image data that is to be displayed on the display device within the particular partition;downloading the HTML data included in a first of the partitions to the client;downloading said any of the image data included in the first of the partitions; and thenrepeating, until the document has been entirely provided to the client, the steps of:downloading the HTML data included in a next of the partitions to the client; anddownloading said any image data included in the next of the partitions to the client.