System and method for server-side avatar pre-rendering

摘要

There is provided a system and method for server-side avatar pre-rendering. There is provided a server for providing pre-rendered avatars, the server comprising a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a request from a client for an avatar distinguished by a unique identifier to be pre-rendered, retrieve avatar render data using the unique identifier, process the avatar render data through an avatar pre-render application to create a pre-rendered avatar in a defined representation, write the pre-rendered avatar into the memory, and send the pre-rendered avatar from the memory to the client in response to the request. The pre-rendered avatar may further be written to a non-volatile storage, providing cached responses to future requests of the pre-rendered avatar. The avatar render data may include vectors or polygons, and the defined representations may include static bitmap images or animated video segments.

主权项

1. A server for providing pre-rendered avatars using an avatar pre-render application, the server comprising:
a memory; and a processor to:
receive a request from a client for an avatar, the request including a unique identifier of the avatar;retrieve avatar render data using the unique identifier;process the avatar render data through the avatar pre-render application executing in a run-time environment to create a pre-rendered avatar data in a bitmap data representation of the avatar, wherein the bitmap data representation is determined by a category of a client device;write the bitmap data representation of the avatar into the memory; andsend the bitmap data representation of the avatar from the memory to the client in response to the request.