Patent ID: 8164589

Claim:
An image resource loading system to load an object to update a game display, comprising: a basic recording space to partition a game map into at least one cell, and to record a position of an object associated with the at least one cell; a loading target identification unit to identify a first cell as a target for loading and to identify objects and a first object among the identified objects associated with the first cell, wherein each identified object comprises a display size dimension greater than zero; an order determination unit to assign a loading order to the first object in accordance with a determination criterion, the determination criterion comprising the display size dimension of the first object compared to the display size dimension of the other identified objects, wherein the display size dimension of the first object is determined to be an area of the first object occupying the first cell, the area excluding areas partially occluded by the other identified objects occupying the first cell; a processor unit to load the first object by referring to the loading order.