Method and System for Providing an Interactive Application Over a Network

A computerized method of providing an online interactive application over a network, comprising:

• receiving, at a client device, foreground content and background content over a network from a server device, the foreground and background content corresponding to a current state of an interactive application;
• executing, at the client device, a set of instructions from the server device to present the background content in a background display and individual elements of the foreground content in a foreground display that overlays at least a portion of the background display;
• receiving, at the client device, navigational commands from a user and, in response, automatically causing a graphical selection indicator in the foreground display to move in one or more directions according to the received navigational signals;
• receiving, at the client device, a selection command from the user and, in response, transmitting, from the client device, a key code to the server device over the network, the key code comprising data identifying a positional location of a user-selected element of the foreground content in the foreground display;
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• executing, at the client device, a next set of instructions received from the server device in response to transmission of the key code to manipulate one or more of the individual elements of the foreground content in the foreground display according to a next state of the interactive application.