Patent ID: 6351267
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for rendering an animation object, including a plurality of sub-objects each represented by a respective program description, on a display of a client computer under control of a remote server, comprising:transferring from the server to the client, program code which describes a structure of the animation object, the code comprising an identification of the sub-objects included in the animation object; sending a message from an element manager on the client to the server in response to the program code, indicative of at least a first one of the sub-objects whose program description is already stored in a local memory associated with the client; responsive to the message, conveying from the server to the client the program description of at least a second one of the sub-objects, whose program description is not stored in the local memory associated with the client; accessing within a local memory associated with the client the program description of the at least first one of the sub-objects of the animation object; and displaying the animation object such that the at least first and second sub-objects are coupled to the structure in accordance with the program code.