Abstract: A method and apparatus for image encoding. In one embodiment, the method comprises encoding a first image portion by a first encoder associated with a first processor at a host system; dynamically determining a requirement to encode a second image portion by the first encoder or by a second encoder associated with a second processor at the host system; and encoding, based on the requirement, the second image portion by the first encoder or the second encoder.

Abstract: A method and system for communicating a display image. The method comprises (a) compressing, by a first application on a first processor, initial updates; (b) determining, by the first application, availability of a second processor comprising compression hardware not in the first processor; (c) determining, by a second application on the first processor, a requirement to compress, by the second processor, future image updates; (d) compressing, by the second processor a first future image update; (e) initiating, by the first application on the first or a third processor, compressing by the second processor of a second future image update; (f) determining, by the first application, an unavailability of the second processor; (g) compressing, by the first application subsequent future image updates, including the second future image update, to generate compressed updates; and (h) transmitting the compressed initial updates, the compressed first update, and the compressed updates to a remote computer.