Patent ID: 6947044
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: A63F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a visual production on a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a processor executing a rendering engine to produce images on a display, wherein the computer is coupled to a network, wherein a data source is also coupled to the network so that a stored plurality of predefined control commands derived from a script created by a human author can be transferred from the data source to the computer system via the network the method comprising the steps of receiving the control commands from the data source at the computer system; rendering a character on the display in response to a first control command; rendering an object on the display in response to a second control command; animating the character to perform an action with the object in response to a third control command; and changing the view of a scene being rendered in the computer system in response to a fourth control command.