Patent ID: 8234678

Claim:
A method for broadcasting video data sequences by a server to a client terminal via a network, the method comprising: generating a request by said client terminal following an event, sending said request to said server, the request including a video sequence broadcasting order to said client terminal, said video sequence defining a transition between a current or “father” state and a subsequent or “child” state, each state being associated with a static final image and the aforementioned server including a memory configured to store: an identifier of each state, a transition table starting from each state, compressed data corresponding to a video sequence associated with a transition from one state to another, verifying by said server that said child state associated with said broadcasting order is a known state in said transition table starting from said parent state, if said child state is a state known by said server and if the compressed data stored in said memory and corresponding to the video sequence associated with the transition from said parent state to said child state is available: broadcasting said compressed data by said server to said terminal, if said child state is a state known by said server and if the compressed data stored in said memory and corresponding to the video sequence is not available: broadcasting by said server to said terminal at least the last image of said video sequence associated with the transition from said parent state to said child state, if said child state is not a state known by said server: broadcasting by said server to said terminal at least the last image of said video sequence associated with the transition from said parent state to said child state.