| CPC G16H 50/20 (2018.01) [G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10072 (2013.01); G06T 2210/41 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |

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1. A method for viewing at a client device at a remote location a series of virtual views over Internet of a three-dimensional dataset contained on at least one centralized database comprising:
providing at least one central non-transitory data storage medium containing the three-dimensional dataset;
providing at least one server in communication with the at least one centralized database and capable of processing the three-dimensional dataset to create virtual views based on client request;
providing a client device linked to the at least one server and central non-transitory data storage medium over the Internet, the client device having a local data storage medium for storing frames of views of the three-dimensional dataset;
requesting at the client device a series of dynamic three-dimensional virtual views of at least a portion of the three-dimensional dataset, the series of views comprising a plurality of separate view frames;
determining if any frame of the requested views of the three-dimensional dataset is stored on the local data storage medium;
sending from the client device to the server a request for any frame of the requested views not stored on the local data storage medium;
at the server, creating the requested frames of the requested dynamic views from the three-dimensional dataset in the central non-transitory data storage medium;
transmitting the created frames of the requested views from the server to the client device; and
displaying the requested series of dynamic three-dimensional virtual views of the three-dimensional dataset at the client device by sequentially displaying frames transmitted from the server along with any frames of the requested series of views stored on the local data storage medium.
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