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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
J. Andrew. Goossen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Michael Cory Maston, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tracy C. Sharpe, Seattle, WA (US);
J. Andrew. Goossen, Issaquah, WA (US);
Michael Cory Maston, Sammamish, WA (US);
Tracy C. Sharpe, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method provides a high level of system functionality in a multimedia console through the use of system applications, while reducing any corresponding lack of control that multimedia applications will have while running on the console. A predetermined amount of hardware resources of the multimedia console is reserved. The system application is executed substantially using the predetermined amount of reserved hardware resources and the multimedia application is executed substantially within the remaining unreserved hardware resources.