Abstract: Real time, on demand rendered image delivery may be provided using one or more local image servers, image stores corresponding to the local image servers, one or more rendering servers, and a global image store. When a request for an image of three dimensional object is provided to a local image server, that server may respond to the request by determining if is present in its corresponding local image store. If it is not, then the local image server may obtain the image, store it in its corresponding local image store, and then return it. The one or more rendering servers may respond to messages indicating that one or the local image servers are obtaining an image by generating that image based on rendering it using special purpose rendering hardware, storing it in the global image store, and sending a completion message indicating that the requested image had been generated.

Abstract: Real time, on demand rendered image delivery may be provided using one or more local image servers, image stores corresponding to the local image servers, one or more rendering servers, and a global image store. When a request for an image of three dimensional object is provided to a local image server, that server may respond to the request by determining if is present in its corresponding local image store. If it is not, then the local image server may obtain the image, store it in its corresponding local image store, and then return it. The one or more rendering servers may respond to messages indicating that one or the local image servers are obtaining an image by generating that image based on rendering it using special purpose rendering hardware, storing it in the global image store, and sending a completion message indicating that the requested image had been generated.