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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Alexander Will, Eastwood, AU;
Alexander Will, Eastwood, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method () and apparatus for generating an interface comprising a plurality of screens, on a first computer () for display by a second computer () is disclosed. A hierarchical compositing expression representing an arrangement of one or more graphical objects for a first screen of the interface is constructed. A description of the compositing expression is then transmitted to the second computer (), together with object identifiers corresponding to graphical objects for the first screen. The compositing expression is reconstructed based on the transmitted description and identifiers, where the transmitted identifiers are mapped to a description of each of the graphical objects stored within the second computer (). The first screen of said interface is then displayed according to the reconstructed compositing expression.