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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Hansong Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Shreiner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hansong Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);
David Shreiner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G09G 5/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus forward a hardware call from a driver to graphics hardware via a virtual connection. Specifically, the method and apparatus process graphical data in a system having the driver, which produces a hardware call for the controlling the operation of the graphics hardware. As noted above, the method and apparatus first establish the virtual connection between the driver and the graphics hardware. Next, the hardware call is forwarded to the graphics hardware via the virtual connection.