Patent ID: 7941483

Claim:
A low latency display method to render a page in an user interface on a thin client device, comprising: requesting a page definition record of the page that includes low-latency fields and high-latency fields, wherein low-latency and high-latency refer to computational latency; receiving data for the low-latency fields and a first delay timer value; creating an initial rendering of the page with the data of the low-latency fields; displaying the initial rendering; initiating a timer with the first delay timer value; after the timer expires, requesting a supplemental response; receiving data for the high-latency fields or a second delay timer value; responsive to receiving the second delay timer value, waiting for the timer to expire with the second delay timer value; and responsive to receiving data for the high-latency fields, supplementing the initial rendering with the data of the high-latency fields.