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Remote client graphics rendering

US7852342B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

27References

16Claims

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Ivan J. Leichtling · Redmond, US
Chenyin Zhong · Bellevue, US
Joy Chik · Sammamish, US
Gilles Khouzam · Bothell, US
Paul David · Kirkland, US
Oreste Dorin Ungureanu · Duvall, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2004
Grant date	Dec 14, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T15/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A server computer hosts one or more application programs that are accessed by a client computer. Higher-level graphics commands describing graphics images are received from the application programs. The server computer determines whether the client computer is able to generate graphics using the higher-level graphics commands or generates graphics using relatively lower-level graphics commands. The server computer sends higher-level or relatively lower-level graphics commands depending on whether the client computer generates graphics using higher-level or relatively lower-level graphics commands.

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