Patent ID: 8131826
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A63F,G06T,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying a stream of images on a client device having an image display, comprising the actions of: receiving at least part of one image of said stream of images, and generating image-modifying data corresponding to the one image in the image display at the client device; transmitting the image-modifying data from the client device to a server system that has image processing capabilities; generating a further image of said stream of images by the server system based on the image-modifying data; generating compressed data based on the further image by the server system; transmitting the compressed data to said client device; decompressing the compressed data into a decompressed image at said client device; and displaying the decompressed image at the display of said client device; and further comprising the action of transmitting a link to identify the client device to the server system prior to transmitting the image-modifying data.