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Creation and playback of computer-generated productions using script-controlled rendering engines

  • US 6,947,044 B1
  • Filed: 05/22/2000
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing a visual production on a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a processor executing a rendering engine to produce images on a display, wherein the computer is coupled to a network, wherein a data source is also coupled to the network so that a stored plurality of predefined control commands derived from a script created by a human author can be transferred from the data source to the computer system via the network the method comprising the steps ofreceiving the control commands from the data source at the computer system;

  • rendering a character on the display in response to a first control command;

    rendering an object on the display in response to a second control command;

    animating the character to perform an action with the object in response to a third control command; and

    changing the view of a scene being rendered in the computer system in response to a fourth control command.

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