US 6,982,682 B1
System and method for managing graphics applications
Alpana R. Kaulgud, Mountain View, Calif. (US); and Christophe Winkler, Viterne (France)
Assigned to Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/207,945.
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—1.1 20 Claims
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1. A system for managing graphics applications, comprising:
a graphics server operable to manage the conveyance of graphics data between an aware graphics application and an unaware graphics application and graphics pipes having different display directions, wherein the aware graphics application is aware of a number of graphic pipes while the unaware graphics application is unaware of the number of graphics pipes, the graphics server operable to distribute graphics data from the aware graphics application to the graphics pipes, the graphics server operable to divide graphics data from the unaware graphics application among the graphics pipes; and
a view modifier operable to modify graphics data from the unaware graphics application to account for non-planar display of the graphics data.