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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2012
Applicants:

Lucia Darsa, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Thomas Walter Getzinger, Redmond, WA (US);

Jon Vincent, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Lucia Darsa, Clyde Hill, WA (US);

Thomas Walter Getzinger, Redmond, WA (US);

Jon Vincent, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments are configured to provide information for display. Various embodiments include processing functionality that can be used to efficiently process pixel data associated with video, graphical, and other information. The functionality can be used in conjunction with different hardware and/or software architectures and configurations. In an embodiment, a computing device includes functionality to use a distinct window having alpha and occlusion features that can be used when processing pixel data associated with user interface (UI) elements and video, but is not so limited. The computing device can use the distinct window to display user interface elements having different levels or amounts of transparency as part of video capture and playback operations.


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