Patent ID: 9489762
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, conducted on a server, of sending renderable graphics information to a client device, said graphics information including at least one set of graphics information visible from a second view region and not visible from a first view region, the method comprising: a) determining, using processing circuitry, a likelihood that a viewpoint undergoes movement from said first view region to said second view region; b) sending said at least one set of graphics information upon determination that the likelihood that the viewpoint undergoes movement from said first view region to said second view region is greater than a predetermined threshold, said movement determined according to a predetermined motion path or by user input to said client device; and c) said at least one set of graphics information includes a set of mesh polygons or fragments of said mesh polygons visible from said second view region and not visible from said first view region, said first and second view regions having a plurality of view region vertices, said mesh polygons forming polygon meshes, and said set of mesh polygons or fragments of said mesh polygons visible from said second view region is determined by: