Abstract: A method for compactly communicating a scene of graphical content from a server to a display device of known display characteristics is disclosed. The scene comprises scene data. The method comprises determining if the scene data already exists at the display device. If it is determined that the scene data already exists at the display device, refraining from communicating the scene data, and if it is determined that the scene data does not exist at the display device, communicating the scene data to the display device.

Abstract: A method for providing graphical content to be displayed on different kinds of display devices is disclosed. Each kind of display devices is associated with different graphical characteristics. The method includes generating a scene of desired graphical content and formatting, for each kind of the display devices, the scene into a scene file containing the graphical content formatted to suite that kind of display device. A system is also disclosed.