Patent ID: 7423649

Claim:
A method of creating an animation comprising a sequence of images from at least one encoded fixed image, including the steps of: optimising, depending on at least one criterion, requests to be sent from a client terminal to a remote terminal containing said at least one fixed image, said requests allowing retrieval of encoded data representing images of the animation; and creating a file comprising the optimised requests, wherein the animation consists of a sequence of fixed images, and further comprising steps of: defining the animation from a fixed image; and generating said requests as requests to obtain data necessary for displaying the images, wherein the animation definition step comprises a substep of defining a plurality of key images and a plurality of transitions between the key images, wherein the substep of defining a plurality of key images and transitions comprises the definition of a plurality of characteristics for each key image, amongst which there may be found the date of display of the image in the sequence, the outline, the resolution and the required quality, and wherein the substep of defining a plurality of key images and transitions comprises the definition of a path connecting the centres of the key images.