Patent ID: 8370453

Claim:
A multi-homed web server comprising: a plurality of virtual hosts accessible using connection requests passed over a computer network, each of the virtual hosts being identified by a corresponding virtual host identifier includable in a connection request; a processor for executing instructions operable within said multi-homed web server, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor; a plurality of executable modules, each of the modules defining a predetermined function; a plurality of configuration sub-files corresponding to the virtual hosts, each of the configuration sub-files defining which of the executable module functions are usable by a corresponding one of the virtual hosts; web server software, said web server software comprising instructions compiled as part of said web server software, wherein execution of said compiled instructions by a processor of said multi-homed web server: receives a request from a client over said public network to view an animation comprising a series a graphics; send a first graphic to said client; send a next graphic in said series of graphics at a specified time; determine whether the specified time to send a subsequent graphic in said series of graphics has passed; if said specified time has not passed, then send a next graphic in said series of graphics at said specified time; and if said specified time has passed, then send a next graphic in said series of graphics at a next specified time.