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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric J Behnke, Boulder, CO (US);
Thomas B Brightman, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ; G01L / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
704258 ; 704201 ; 84602 ;
Abstract
A system and method of virtualized audio generation and capture in a computer system is disclosed employing the native central processing unit and a system management mechanism, to generate and capture music and other sound effects, responsive to events occurring in an application program executed by the native central processing unit or to input buffer percentage full signals.