Patent ID: 6157933
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information processing system comprising:a browser for retrieving hypertext objects from servers over a network, wherein said network has a limited bandwidth associated therewith;said browser including a Java engine for running Java applets;a hypertext means responsive to activation of a hypertext link, for retrieving from said server a hypertext object containing a Java applet,said Java applet loading an animation applet from said server having a default image and default image animation effects for display on said browser; andsaid Java applet requesting a target image series comprising a series of related images from said server and loading said target image series one image at a time with screen transition effects in between each image so that a speed of said screen transition effects is set to finish when a next image in said image series is retrieved over said network of limited bandwidth and prepared for loading by said Java applet, thereby making said speed of said screen transition effects proportional to a time required to retrieved said next image in said image series.