Patent ID: 6266056
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of displaying a reactive graphics element, comprising:sending a reactive graphics event, by a browser, to a virtual execution environment;providing, in the virtual execution environment, a child context corresponding to a parent context in the browser and corresponding to an applet that is executed by the browser;writing, by the virtual execution environment, a first graphic into a buffer of the child context and into a buffer of the parent context, in accordance with the reactive graphics event, which will be displayed on a display screen;waiting a predetermined amount of time;writing, by the virtual execution environment, a second graphic into the buffer of the child context and the buffer of the parent context, in accordance with the reactive graphics event, which will be displayed on a display screen wherein the writing into the buffer of the parent context is reflected automatically on the display screen without having to wait for a browser loop; andreturning execution control to the browser from the virtual execution environment.