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US 2004/0024922 A1Published application
Two-way communications link at sub-operating system level
OwnerHenry C. Yueninventor
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Abstract
A computer includes a processor, a video controller having a video output, a bus connected between the processor and the video controller and a communication device connected to the bus. An operating system, utilizing the processor, directs the operation of the video controller. The computer also includes a communications stack that communicates with a remote computer and with the video controller to control at least of a portion of the video output of the video controller, independent of the operation of the operating system.
Claims3
A computer comprising:
- a processor;
- a video controller having a video output;
- a bus connected between the processor and the video controller;
- and
- a communication device connected to the bus;
- wherein an operating system, utilizing the processor, directs the operation of the video controller,
- the computer further comprising a communications stack stored in the computer that communicates with a remote computer and with the video controller to control at least of a portion of the video output of the video controller, independent of the operation of the operating system.
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A method, using a computer comprising a processor;
- a video controller having a video output;
- a bus connected between the processor and the video controller;
- and a communication device connected to the bus;
- wherein an operating system, utilizing the processor, directs the operation of the video controller, the method comprising:
- storing a communications stack in the computer, wherein the communications stack communicates with a remote computer and with the video controller to control at least of a portion of the video output of the video controller, independent of the operation of the operating system.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.