The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Stephen G. Holmes, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Pereira, Livermore, CA (US);
Micah S. Stroud, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen G. Holmes, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Pereira, Livermore, CA (US);
Micah S. Stroud, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A user can assign different audio data streams to different output channels of a single audio card using substantially conventional APIs, device drivers, and Audio Codec Interfaces (ACIs). An Application Processing Unit (APU) sequences audio data streams in accordance with a user's output channel assignment.