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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:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
James L Stortz, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345508 ; 345512 ; 711157 ; 711204 ;
Abstract
A method for providing a video buffer includes reserving an incremental video buffer in system memory, and controlling the use of a dedicated video buffer and the incremental video buffer to provide a composite video buffer.