Patent ID: 8766986

Claim:
A method, comprising: in a display device: creating a display list during rendering of a graphics object, wherein the display list comprises a series of graphics commands for causing a graphics module to present the graphics object on the display device, wherein the display list is stored for subsequent execution during a subsequent rendering of the graphics object; storing, separate from the display list, property states of a set of dynamic properties of the graphics object, wherein the set of dynamic properties comprises a position of the graphics object and a translucency of the graphics object; receiving an indication that one or more of the property states of the set of dynamic properties have been changed; in response to the received indication, updating the stored property states of the set of dynamic properties based on the one or more changed property states; and processing, utilizing the updated stored property states of the set of dynamic properties, the same display list to cause the graphics module to present the graphics object on the display device, such that the graphics object is rendered according to the one or more changed property states without recreation of the display list.