RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS ON A SERVER COMPUTER
First Claim
1. A method for rendering a three-dimensional object on a server computer, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to display a document;
in response to the request, determining whether an application program utilized to create the document is available to display the document; and
in response to determining that the application program utilized to create the document is not available to display the document, transmitting a request to the server computer to render the document including the rendering of any three-dimensional objects contained in the document.
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Abstract
Technologies are described herein for rendering documents containing three-dimensional objects. A client computer receives a request to display a document. If a program utilized to create the document is not available to display the document, the client computer transmits a request to a server computer to render the document, including the rendering of any three-dimensional objects contained therein. In response to receiving the request, the server computer determines whether the document contains any three-dimensional objects. If the document contains three-dimensional objects, the server computer renders the three-dimensional objects. Once the three-dimensional objects have been rendered, the remaining portion of the document is also rendered. The rendered version of the document is then returned to the client computer in response to the original request to render the document. The rendered document is then displayed on the client computer by a standard viewer application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for rendering a three-dimensional object on a server computer, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to display a document; in response to the request, determining whether an application program utilized to create the document is available to display the document; and in response to determining that the application program utilized to create the document is not available to display the document, transmitting a request to the server computer to render the document including the rendering of any three-dimensional objects contained in the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for rendering a three-dimensional object on a server computer, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to render a document; in response to receiving the request, parsing the document to determine whether the document contains a three-dimensional object; and in response to determining that the document contains a three-dimensional object, rendering the three-dimensional object on the server computer, rendering the document including the rendered three-dimensional object to create a rendered document, and providing the rendered document in response to the request to render the document. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for rendering a three-dimensional object on a server computer, the system comprising:
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a first server component operative to receive a request to render a document, to parse the document to determine whether the document contains a three-dimensional object, and in response to determining that the document contains a three-dimensional object, to transmit a request to a second server component to render the three-dimensional object; and a second server component operative to receive the request to render the three-dimensional object from the first server component, to render the three-dimensional object, and to return the rendered three-dimensional object to the first server component in response to the request. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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