Patent ID: 8838742

Claim:
A method of transmitting an animation of a digital image by a first server to a client, said transmission method comprising, in response to a reception by said first server of a request from said client for an animation descriptive file: transmitting said animation descriptive file stored in said first server to said client; determining whether the transmitted animation descriptive file includes an animation defined by a predefined series of portions of said digital image adapted to be transmitted by said first server by processing a series of requests to be received from said client and which correspond to said animation, said predefined series of portions of said digital image consisting of a path within said digital image and which has to be displayed by the client as an animated sequence of portions of image; and in case of positive determination only, transmitting the animation included in the animation descriptive file to a second server, said second server being enabled to prepare, upon receiving the animation included in the animation descriptive file and before receiving said series of requests from said client, a plurality of responses to a plurality of client requests, said plurality of client requests being obtained from said received animation.