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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
David Pinedo, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Alan D Ward, Ft Collins, CO (US);
David Pinedo, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Alan D Ward, Ft Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to a system and method for managing context information in a graphics system having multiple displays configured as a single logical screen (SLS). In accordance with one embodiment a system is provided comprising a single device driver coupled to directly communicate with display hardware of at least two displays, a graphics API (application program interface) for communicating graphics information to the single device driver, a memory configured to store context information, the memory in communication with the single device driver, and a mechanism configured to direct context data from the memory to the display hardware of one of the displays.