Patent ID: 8307103
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing tearing in an application display on a client, comprising: determining at least two logically related drawing orders in an order heap, the logically related drawing orders having a start and an end; wrapping the logically related drawing orders by placing a begin marker and at the start of the logically related drawing orders, and placing an end marker at the end of the end of the logically related drawing orders; inserting the wrapped logically related drawing orders into a packet; and in response to inserting the end marker into the packet, the end marker being the first end marker inserted into the packet, sending the packet across a communications network, the client flushing received display data that is between the begin marker and the most recently received display data, including the most recently received display data, upon reaching a timer expiration of a timer.