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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1999
Bengt-Olaf Schneider, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ioana M Martin, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a client/server graphics processing system of a type that includes a display and a user input device. A first step, executed at the server entity, renders a plurality views (e.g., six views) of a model of interest and transmits the plurality of views to the client entity. A next step, executed at the client, maps individual ones of the plurality of views onto individual ones of a plurality of faces of a structure (e.g., a cube) and displays the structure on the display. In response to the user manipulating the user input device, a next step, executed at the client, causes a manipulation of the structure displayed on the display for specifying a particular view direction relative to the model. Further in response to user input device, the client sends an indication to the server of the user-specified view direction, whereafter the server renders an image of the model, from the user-specified view direction, and transmits the rendered image back to the client for display to the user.