Patent ID: 9189868
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A63F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multimedia content delivery apparatus for delivering graphical information across a network to a client device, the apparatus comprising a memory, a processor and a network interface that together operate to perform the steps of: transforming original object data relating to a plurality of objects into compressed object data, by computing a solution to a partial differential equation (PDE) to derive PDE coefficients, wherein the PDE coefficients form a mode zero and one or more subsequent modes; and transmitting the compressed object data to the client device so that the compressed object data is decompressed and rendered by the client device to output a sequence of image frames to represent a virtual environment on a visual display device associated with the client device; and separating at least the mode zero of the PDE coefficients from the other subsequent modes of the PDE coefficients and delivering the mode zero of the PDE coefficients across the network to the client device through a first delivery channel while delivering one or more of the subsequent modes of the PDE coefficients to the client device through a second delivery channel different from the first delivery channel.