Patent ID: 7636893
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an interface comprising a plurality of screens, on a first computer for display by a second computer, said method comprising the steps of: (i) constructing a compositing tree comprising one or more graphical objects and one or more compositing operations for compositing the graphical objects for a first screen of the interface; (ii) transmitting a description of the compositing tree, to the second computer, together with object identifiers corresponding to the graphical objects for the first screen; (iii) reconstructing the compositing tree based on the transmitted description and identifiers, wherein the transmitted identifiers are mapped to a description of each of the graphical objects stored within the second computer; (iv) displaying the first screen of the interface according to the reconstructed compositing tree; and (v) transmitting an event generated by the second computer to the first computer; (vi) modifying any of the graphical objects affected by the event, wherein the graphical objects affected by the event are animation objects; (vii) updating the compositing tree based on the modified graphical objects; and (viii) repeating at least steps (ii) to (iv) for at least one subsequent screen of the interface.