SERVER-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING INTERACTIVE, COLLABORTIVE THIN- AND NO-CLIENT IMAGE-BASED APPLICATIONS

• Main Authors: EICK STEPHEN G, KHAILO MAXIM, EICK M. ANDREW, PARIS PHILLIP, RIVARD KURT, HORST BRIAN, FUGITT JESSE A, LANKENAU RUSSELL, HUNDT ANDREA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.09.2007
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS

A server receives image, graphic and/or analytic data and processes and asynchronously outputs that data to a thin/no client. The server inputs image data in a variety of different formats and renders a normalized format that can be streamed to the thin/no client using light-weight protocol(s). The server updates the image, feature and/or analytic data in real time. The server inputs feature, analytic, business logic and other data and process it into various format(s) that can be streamed to the thin/no client and overlaid on the image data. The server provides application services, which can include collaboration, tracking, alerting, business, workflow and/or other desired services. The server can receive collaboration data from one thin/no client and stream that collaboration data to other thin/no clients to enable shared situational awareness between the thin/no clients. The server includes a programming environment for programming thin/no clients contained within server-based web pages.