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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Randolph W Spurlock, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395652 ; 395500 ; 395681 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus relating to video systems are disclosed. The method automatically selects an appropriate video system driver based on the current video system configuration. In one embodiment, an intermediate video driver is loaded and perceived by the operating environment as the sole video driver. The intermediate video driver receives commands issued to the system video driver and communicates those commands to the selected appropriate configuration-specific video driver.