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Method and apparatus for implementing dynamic VRML

  • US 5,999,944 A
  • Filed: 02/27/1998
  • Issued: 12/07/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of generating a display of a virtual world from a first source definition of the virtual world, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (A) storing in a database a description of a node that is defined in the first source definition;

    (B) storing in the database, in association with a field value of the node in the description, a statement that describes a database operation;

    (C) executing the statement using the database to generate a data value from the database;

    (D) delivering a second source definition of the virtual world to a client that is configured to generate the display using the second source definition, in which the second source definition uses the data value for the field of the node.

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