Abstract: Provided is a method that includes generating sets of rendering commands for rendering video content for a client device and directing each of the sets of rendering commands to at least one rendering resource from a group of at least two rendering resources, such that each of the rendering resources has at least some of the sets of rendering commands directed to it. The action of directing may include directing each set of rendering commands to a rendering resource, from among the at least two rendering resources, that is designated as an allocated rendering resource for the client device. The method may further include changing which of the at least two rendering resources is designated as the allocated rendering resource for the client device.

Abstract: A local device obtains at least one instruction for execution by a remote device (e.g., instructions to render a game screen of a video game). A packet representing the at least one instruction is created, and released towards the remote device. Creation of the packet involves consulting a packet dictionary to determine whether a packet index has already been assigned to the at least one instruction. If this is the case, the packet is formulated so that it contains the packet index; otherwise, the packet is formulated to include a function identifier and a set of parameters, which are associated with the at least one instruction. Since fewer bits are needed to encode the packet index than to encode the function identifier and the set of parameters, transmitted packets can be condensed when they represent at least one instruction for which a packet had previously been transmitted.

Abstract: Provided is a method that includes generating sets of rendering commands for rendering video content for a client device and directing each of the sets of rendering commands to at least one rendering resource from a group of at least two rendering resources, such that each of the rendering resources has at least some of the sets of rendering commands directed to it. The action of directing may include directing each set of rendering commands to a rendering resource, from among the at least two rendering resources, that is designated as an allocated rendering resource for the client device. The method may further include changing which of the at least two rendering resources is designated as the allocated rendering resource for the client device.

Abstract: A local device obtains at least one instruction for execution by a remote device (e.g., instructions to render a game screen of a video game). A packet representing the at least one instruction is created, and released towards the remote device. Creation of the packet involves consulting a packet dictionary to determine whether a packet index has already been assigned to the at least one instruction. If this is the case, the packet is formulated so that it contains the packet index; otherwise, the packet is formulated to include a function identifier and a set of parameters, which are associated with the at least one instruction. Since fewer bits are needed to encode the packet index than to encode the function identifier and the set of parameters, transmitted packets can be condensed when they represent at least one instruction for which a packet had previously been transmitted.