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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:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Jerry R. Hughson, Jr., Bothell, WA (US);
Matthew P. Rhoten, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael Milirud, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kurt A. Geisel, Redmond, WA (US);
Roger H. Wynn, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin P. Paulson, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew J. Fuller, Redmond, WA (US);
Jerry R. Hughson, Jr., Bothell, WA (US);
Matthew P. Rhoten, Kirkland, WA (US);
Michael Milirud, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kurt A. Geisel, Redmond, WA (US);
Roger H. Wynn, Redmond, WA (US);
Kevin P. Paulson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is a method and system a system and method for dynamically and intelligently configuring a computer system's video-related settings upon connection of a monitor, and/or reconfiguring upon disconnection. A monitor configuration may include one or more display mechanisms, their video settings, relative positioning, and may include power scheme data. When a monitor is plugged into or unplugged from a computer system, a monitor manager component is notified and determines the current configuration, such as based on monitor identifiers. The current configuration is searched against persisted monitor configurations seeking a match. If previous monitor configuration data is found, the previous monitor configuration is applied. If not an exact match, configuration data is constructed based on similar configuration data that is persisted, or by querying for capabilities and iterating as necessary to find a video mode that the video card and monitor can use.