Patent ID: 6055563
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: G06T,H04L

Abstract:
A method of displaying a virtual world in a client device based on virtual-world-description data received from a server device via a communication line, said method comprising the steps of:a) receiving high-priority description-data segments one by one, the high-priority segments having a priority assigned thereto greater than a predetermined threshold,b) receiving names or two dimensional data of low-priority description-data segments one by one, the low-priority segments having a priority assigned thereto no greater than the predetermined threshold, the low-priority segments also being segments into which the virtual-world description data is divided; andc) displaying a virtual-world segment at every turn upon receipt of one of the high-priority segments, the names, and the two dimensional data, said virtual-world segment being a portion of said virtual world which corresponds to said one of the high-priority segments, the names, and the, two dimensional data.