Applying different transport mechanisms for user interface and image portions of a remotely rendered image

摘要

A system and method for remote rendering of computer graphics wherein user transactions are reliable and the transmission of rendered graphics is relatively fast. The invention is implemented in a client server context, where a computer graphics application and rendering resources are located at a server. A user controls the graphics application through a client machine connected to the server through a computer network. The user's commands are sent from the client to the server, while rendered computer graphics are transmitted from the server to a display at the client. Different transport protocols are used, depending on the requirements of a particular transmission. Data related to user interactions is transmitted using a relatively reliable transport protocol, such as TCP. Rendered subject graphics data is transmitted from the server to the client using a less reliable but faster transport protocol, such UDP.

主权项

1. A system for remote rendering of graphics data, the system comprising:
a server communicatively coupled to a remote client, the server including: a plurality of rendering pipelines, wherein a first rendering pipeline of the plurality of rendering pipelines renders graphical user interface (GUI) graphics data, and a second rendering pipeline of the plurality of rendering pipelines renders subject graphics data, wherein the server receives a rendering command from the client, transmits the rendered subject graphics data using an unreliable transport protocol, and transmits the rendered graphical user interface (GUI) graphics data using a reliable transport protocol data to the client.