Patent ID: 8763054
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for cross-platform video display, the method comprising: sending a request from a client device to a host device hosting an application, wherein the request concerns execution of the application and wherein the host device: receiving the plurality of separate sets of display instructions sent over the communication network from the host device; and generating a single display on a client device display by executing the plurality of separate sets of display instructions in combination, wherein the single display on the client device corresponds to the display on the host device, the single display including a video portion and one or more non-video portions, wherein the video portion of the single client display is based on the raster data and the one or more non-video portions of the single client display are based on the vector data, and wherein the video portion of the single client display is placed in relation to the one or more non-video portions of the single client display based on the separate set of display instructions pertaining to placement.