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US 2006/0055702 A1Published application
Multi-application graphic display environment
AssigneePresagis
InventorChristopher Hall
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Abstract
Graphics information resulting from operation of applications is directed to a set of visible windows. A set of graphics contexts is provided having fixed associations with the applications. A set of variable associations is provided between the graphics contexts and the windows, so that varying the windows to which graphics information resulting from operation of the applications is directed is accomplished by varying the associations between the graphics contexts and the windows.
Claims6
A method comprising:
- associating a first graphic content with a first application;
- associating a second graphic context with a second application;
- attaching the first graphics context to a first window, to direct to the first window graphics resulting from operation of the first application;
- attaching the second graphics context to a second window, to direct to the second window graphics resulting from operation of the second application;
- detaching the first graphics context from the first window;
- detaching the second graphics context from the second window;
- attaching the second graphics context to the first window;
- and
- attaching the first graphics context to the second window.
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A method comprising:
- providing a set of visible windows to which may be directed graphics information resulting from operation of applications;
- providing a set of graphics contexts;
- providing a set of fixed associations between the graphics contexts and the applications;
- and
- providing a set of variable associations between the graphics contexts and the windows, whereby varying the windows to which graphics information resulting from operation of the applications is directed is accomplished by varying the associations between the graphics contexts and the windows.
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A method comprising:
- assigning a first identifier to a first display layer;
- assigning a second identifier to a second display layer;
- filling memory locations of a buffer with the first identifier, the memory locations corresponding to a region of a first display window associated with the first display layer;
- and
- filling memory locations of the buffer with the second identifier, the memory locations filled with the second identifier corresponding to a region of a second display window overlapping the region of the first display window, the second display window associated with the second display layer.
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A method comprising:
- for each of a plurality of display windows, some of the display windows overlapping others, z-buffering a memory region having locations corresponding to pixels with identifications of display layers of the display windows.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.