Patent ID: 7973794

Claim:
A method for presenting animated graphics on a browser client based upon an animated process graphic display object specification from a remote server and runtime process parameter data separate from the animated process graphic display object specification, the runtime process parameter data affecting an appearance trait of an object instance created from the animated process graphic display object specification, the method comprising the steps of receiving, by the client, an animated graphics view description from the remote server, the animated graphics view description containing a plurality of animated graphics object instance definitions, each animated graphics object instance definition specifying: an animation behavior, and a source of streaming runtime process data represented on a data server; creating a plurality of animated process graphical display objects corresponding to the plurality of animated graphics object instance definitions for the animated graphics view; creating a connection between the plurality of animated process graphical display objects for the animated graphics view and a source of streaming runtime process data maintained on the data server, wherein runtime data from the data server affects display, within the animated graphics view, of the plurality of animated process graphical display objects; and applying the runtime data, received from the source of runtime data maintained on the data server, to the animated process graphical display objects to render an animated view containing the plurality of animated process graphical display objects.