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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
William Foote, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Alejandro Nijamkin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
William Foote, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Alejandro Nijamkin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for loading images. A request can be received at a computing device to display a plurality of images on the computing device. In response to the request, the computing device can load, in parallel, the plurality of images into storage of the computing device. The computing device can determine whether an image of the plurality of images is to be used. In response to determining that the image is to be used, the computing device can mark the image as loaded. In response to determining that the image is to not be used, the computing device can mark the image as no-image. Only images marked as loaded can be provided for display.