2004-02-19 Assigned to MICROSOFT CORPORATION reassignment MICROSOFT
CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

This application is a US National Phase application of and claims the benefit of priority to
International Application No. PCT/SE2007/000212, filed Mar. 5, 2007, which designates the …

6,160,907 A 12/2000 RObOth? In VRML97/VRML 2.0 speci? cation, sections 4, 5, and 6
1997.* 6,195,694 B1 2/2001 Chen et al................... 709/220 SVG Speci? cation Version 1, 1 …

An intelligent caching data structure and mechanisms for storing visual information via
objects and data representing graphics information. The data structure is generally …

A visual tree structure as specified by a program is constructed and maintained by a visual
system's user interface thread. As needed, the tree structure is traversed on the UI thread …

Described is a method and system in which timing intervals are generated from clock
properties, and used to interpolate values for smooth animation. A high-level component …

The invention described herein is a System, method, and computer program product for
optimization of a Scene graph. The System includes an optimization base that con tains a …

BACKGROUND From the earliest days of graphics animation, designers and artists have
realized that a great deal of effort is wasted by redrawing an entire Scene or image for the …

An element object model and a vector graphics markup language for using that element
object model in a manner that allows program code developers to consistently interface with …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for communicating 3D branch graph data and
updates to branch graph data between clients and a display server in a 3D window system …