Split framebuffer encoding

A computing device for conveying a video stream to a client device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to perform the steps of:
• receiving the video stream containing encoded child frames at the client device, each child frame containing screen data corresponding to one of two or more child buffers, wherein a framebuffer of the client device is divided into the two or more child buffers;
• decoding, by a decoder on the client device, a received child frame in the video stream;
• updating a corresponding child buffer of the framebuffer with the received child frame;
• and
• displaying contents of the updated framebuffer on a display of the client device.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for conveying a video stream to a client device comprising one or more sequences of instructions, the instructions when executed by one or more processors causing the one or more processors to execute the operations of:

• receiving the video stream containing encoded child frames at the client device, each child frame containing screen data corresponding to one of two or more child buffers, wherein a framebuffer of the client device is divided into the two or more child buffers;
• decoding, by a decoder on the client device, a received child frame in the video stream;
• updating a corresponding child buffer of the framebuffer with the received child frame;
• and
• displaying contents of the updated framebuffer on a display of the client device.