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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:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Benjamin C. Constable, Redmond, WA (US);
Blake D. Pelton, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin C. Constable, Redmond, WA (US);
Blake D. Pelton, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/167 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2013.01); G06F 9/4443 (2013.01); G06F 9/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide techniques for enabling multiple graphics interfaces to be accessed to perform graphics-related operations. In at least some embodiments, techniques determine if the multiple graphics interfaces can share a memory resource for performing graphics operations. If the multiple graphics interfaces can share the memory resource, a coalescing graphics element is provided that can be used by applications to perform multiple graphics operations.