Apparatuses, methods and systems for a distributed object renderer

• US 8,743,130 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2010
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Mahajan, Amitt, Ocko, Matt, Poloney, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Xiao
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUTTRAM, ALAN T
• Application Number:
  US12/870,151
• Publication Number:
  US 20110175923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: 345/502, 345/522, 463 31- 32
• US Class Current: 345/522
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/538 for performing operations on behalf of the game client, e.g. rendering
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/577 for watching a game played by other players
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text

Abstract

The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A DISTRIBUTED OBJECT RENDERER implement distributed rendering of complex visualizations in rich multimedia objects for sharing in online social networking applications. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented distributed rendering method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a request to render an image of a visualization included in a client app; analyzing the render request to determine data required for render processing; providing a request for the data required for render processing; obtaining the data required for render processing upon providing the request for the required data; recreating an app state of the client app using the obtained data required for render processing, the recreated app state including data related to the visualization included in the client app; rendering the image of the visualization including in the client app using the recreated app state; generating a publishing element using the rendered image of the visualization included in the client app; and providing the publishing element for publication.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented distributed rendering method, comprising:

obtaining a render request to render an image of a visualization presented in a client app, wherein the render request is associated with a priority value that is based at least in part on a frequency of social activity associated with a user of the client app and wherein the priority value determines at least in part when render processing occurs;

analyzing the render request to determine data required for render processing;

providing a request for the data required for render processing;

obtaining the data required for render processing;

recreating an app state of the client app using the obtained data required for render processing, the recreated app state including data related to the image; and

rendering the image using the recreated app state;

generating a publishing element using the rendered image; and

publishing the publishing element to a publication.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the client app is downloaded from an app server by a web browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the client app is included in an Adobe Flash object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the client app includes a massively multiplayer gaming application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a request for the data required for render processing includes querying a database for the required data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for the data required for render processing is provided for a client executing the client app.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the publishing element includes a message for posting on a Facebook webpage.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the image is rendered in one of:

JPEG;

GIF;

PNG; and

BMP formats.

9. A distributed rendering system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to;

obtain a render request to render an image of a visualization presented in a client app, wherein the render request is associated with a priority value that is based at least in part on a frequency of social activity associated with a user of the client app and wherein the priority value determines at least in part when render processing occurs;

analyze the render request to determine data required for render processing;

provide a request for the data required for render processing;

obtain the data required for render processing;

recreate an app state of the client app using the obtained data required for render processing, the recreated app state including data related to the image;

render the image of the visualization using the recreated app state;

generate a publishing element using the rendered image; and

publish the publishing element to a publication.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the client app is downloaded from an app server by a web browser.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the client app is included in an Adobe Flash object.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the client app includes a massively multiplayer gaming application.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein providing a request for the data required for render processing includes querying a database for the required data.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the request for the data required for render processing is provided for a client executing the client app.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the publishing element includes a message for posting on a Facebook webpage.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the image is rendered in one of:

JPEG;

GIF;

PNG; and

BMP formats.

17. A processor-readable medium, which is non-transitory, storing processor-executable distributed rendering instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:

obtain a render request to render an image of a visualization presented in a client app, wherein the render request is associated with a priority value that is based at least in part on a frequency of social activity associated with a user of the client app and wherein the priority value determines at least in part when render processing occurs;

analyze the render request to determine data required for render processing;

provide a request for the data required for render processing;

obtain the data required for render processing;

recreate an app state of the client app using the obtained data required for render processing, the recreated app state including data related to the image;

render the image using the recreated app state;

generate a publishing element using the rendered image; and

publish the publishing element to a publication.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the client app is downloaded from an app server by a web browser.

19. The medium of claim 17, wherein the client app is included in an Adobe Flash object.

20. The medium of claim 17, wherein the client app includes a massively multiplayer gaming application.

21. The medium of claim 17, wherein providing a request for the data required for render processing includes querying a database for the required data.

22. The medium of claim 17, wherein the request for the data required for render processing is provided for a client executing the client app.

23. The medium of claim 18, wherein the publishing element includes a message for posting on a Facebook webpage.

24. The medium of claim 17, wherein the image is rendered in one of:

JPEG;

GIF;

PNG; and

BMP formats.

25. A processor-implemented rendering request method, comprising:

obtaining a client app from an app database;

obtaining user input from a user of the client app;

obtaining a render request for rendering an image of a visualization presented in the client app, wherein the render request is associated with a priority value that is based at least in part on a frequency of social activity associated with a user of the client app and wherein the priority value determines at least in part when render processing occurs;

generating data pertaining to the image based on the obtained user input; and

providing the data pertaining to the image for processing the render request.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

publishing the image.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

obtaining data associated with the client app and pertaining to a member of a social graph of the user; and

wherein generating data pertaining to the image is further based on the obtained data pertaining to the member of the social graph of the user.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein the client app includes a massively multiplayer gaming application.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein the client app is included in an Adobe Flash object.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein providing the data pertaining to the image for processing the render request:

freezing a state of the client app; and

obtaining a snapshot of the frozen state of the client app.

31. The method of claim 26, wherein publishing the image includes publishing the image to a Facebook webpage.

32. A rendering request apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to;

obtain a client app from an app database;

obtain user input from a user of the client app;

generate data pertaining to a visualization presented in a client app based on the obtained user input;

obtain a render request for rendering an image of the visualization, wherein the render request is associated with a priority value that is based at least in part on a frequency of social activity associated with a user of the client app and wherein the priority value determines at least in part when render processing occurs;

provide the data pertaining to the image for processing the render request.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

publish the image.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

obtain data associated with the client app and pertaining to a member of a social graph of the user; and

wherein the data pertaining to the image is further based on the obtained data pertaining to the member of the social graph of the user.

35. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the client app includes a massively multiplayer gaming application.

36. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the client app is included in an Adobe Flash object.

37. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the instructions to provide the data pertaining to the image for processing the render request include instructions to:

freeze a state of the client app; and

obtain a snapshot of the frozen state of the client app.

38. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the publishing of the image includes publishing the image to a Facebook webpage.

39. A processor-readable medium, which is non-transitory, storing processor-executable rendering request instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:

obtain a client app from an app database;

obtain user input from a user of the client app;

generate data pertaining to a visualization presented in the client app based on the obtained user input;

obtain a render request for rendering an image of the visualization presented in the client app, wherein the render request is associated with a priority value that is based at least in part on a frequency of social activity associated with a user of the client app and wherein the priority value determines at least in part when render processing occurs;

provide the data pertaining to the image for processing the render request.

40. The medium of claim 39, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

publish the image.

41. The medium of claim 39, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

obtain data associated with the client app and pertaining to a member of a social graph of the user; and

wherein the data pertaining to the image is further based on the obtained data pertaining to the member of the social graph of the user.

42. The medium of claim 39, wherein the client app includes a massively multiplayer gaming application.

43. The medium of claim 39, wherein the client app is included in an Adobe Flash object.

44. The medium of claim 39, wherein the instructions to provide the data pertaining to the image for processing the render request image include instructions to:

freeze a state of the client app; and

obtain a snapshot of the frozen state of the client app.

45. The medium of claim 40, wherein the publishing of the image includes publishing the image to a Facebook webpage.