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Thin-client network computing method and system

  • US 20060184614A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2005
  • Published: 08/17/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of executing an application remotely on a server computer for a client computer in a computer network, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving at the server computer user input from the client computer associated with the application;

    (b) executing the application at the server computer, including;

    (i) processing display commands of the application to generate display primitives;

    (ii) translating the display primitives into lower level display commands defining display updates using semantic information of the display primitives, the lower level display commands being selected from a predetermined set of lower level display commands;

    (iii) aggregating a plurality of lower level display commands translated in (ii); and

    (iv) ordering said plurality of lower level display commands into one or more command queues, each command queue associated with a given display region; and

    (c) transmitting the lower level display commands in the one or more command queues over the network to the client computer, the client computer being capable of translating the lower level display commands into hardware calls for causing the client computer to display the display updates.

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