Synchronising user actions to account for data delay

A system comprising a server communicably coupled to a plurality of apparatuses, wherein an apparatus of the plurality of apparatuses comprises a graphical user interface and a processor configured to:

• send a received user request to execute a requested action on the graphical user interface to the server, the requested action being a request to move a user-controllable object on the user interface from a given location to a target location, and wherein the server is configured to create and provide instructions pertaining to the user request;
• execute, immediately after receiving the user request and prior to receiving instructions from the server, an intermediate action on the graphical user interface, the intermediate action comprising a movementof the user-controlled object on the graphical user interface toward the target location at a first speed, the movement being locally executed while awaiting server instructions;
• wherein the server is configured to determine if the received user request is allowable;
• and
• if the server determines that the received user request is allowable, the server is configured to send the instructions to execute the user request to the processor;
• and
• if the server determines that the received user request is not allowable, the server is configured to indicate that the requested action is not allowable and terminate the intermediate action to cause the user-controlled object to return to a position on the graphical user interface corresponding to a position at a time of receiving the user request.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• sending a received user request to execute a requested action on the graphical user interface to a server, the requested action being a request to move a user-controllable object on the user interface from a given location to a target location, and wherein the server is configured to create and provide instructions pertaining to the user request;
• executing, immediately after receiving the user request and prior to receiving instructions from the server, an intermediate action on the graphical user interface, the intermediate action comprising a movement of the user-controlled object on the graphical user interface toward the target location at a first speed, the movement being locally executed while awaiting server instructions;
• wherein the server is configured to determine if the received user request is allowable;
• and
• if the server determines that the received user request is allowable, the server is configured to send the instructions to execute the user request to the processor;
• and
• if the server determines that the received user request is not allowable, the server is configured to indicate that the requested action is not allowable and terminate the intermediate action to cause the user-controlled object to return to a position on the graphical user interface corresponding to a position at a time of receiving the user request.