Netapp, Inc.

Anark Corporation

Mattias Fornander

Jared Cantwell

Alyssa Proulx

Justin Ebert

Travis Gockel

Scott Collins

Scott Saad

Daniel Cook

Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for efficiency sets in a distributed system. A first efficiency set is determined for a first volume of data. Determining the first efficiency set includes selecting block identifiers for data blocks of the first volume, where each block identifier is used to access a particular data block corresponding to the first volume. Determining the first efficiency set further includes applying a mask to the selected block identifiers to mask at least one bit of each selected block identifier. The first efficiency set is compared to a second efficiency set for a second data store, and based on the comparison, an amount of unique data blocks of the first volume is approximated.

Efficiency sets in a distributed system

Methods and associated systems that allow a plurality of real-time multimedia applications to operate concurrently within a computer system with constrained primary memory. In particular, the methods and systems of the present invention allow for a plurality of real-time multimedia applications to operate concurrently while adapting to changing memory constraints imposed by the dynamic allocation and release of primary memory in a shared primary memory space.

Methods and systems for multimedia memory management

Methods and associated systems for improving the visual quality of real-time interactive multimedia presentations, by blending 2-D image data derived from a plurality of 3-D scene views associated with one or more 3-D scenes in accordance with presentation data modifiable by user input in real-time. The 2-D image data rendered from the perspective of the individual scene views are blended together using an associated blend mode in a back to front order producing a 2-D composite image for projection on a display device to a user of the real-time interactive multimedia presentation.

Methods and systems for real-time, interactive image composition

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