Patents by Inventor Colin D. C. McCartney

Colin D. C. McCartney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Desktop composition for incompatible graphics applications
    Patent number: 7487516
    Abstract: A first graphics application produces surface data using a first graphics applications programming interface. A second graphics application uses a second graphics applications programming interface that is incompatible with the first graphics applications programming interface to process the surface data for display. A device driver requests driver level information from the second graphics application and stores the surface data in a portion of memory specified by the driver level information. Although the first graphics application is incompatible with the second graphics application, surface data produced by the first graphics application may be processed for display by the second graphics application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Fred D. Nicklisch, Colin D. C. McCartney