Patents by Inventor Dan Harwell

Dan Harwell 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).

  • Computer-implemented process and computer system for raster displaying video data using foreground and background commands
    Patent number: 5633654
    Abstract: Video data for two or more video streams are processed by a single background command list containing one or more background commands and a single foreground command list containing one or more foreground commands, where the foreground command list is implemented only during a vertical blanking interval of the display raster of a monitor. The processed video data are then displayed during the raster period. In a preferred embodiment, if the implementation of a background command has not completed by the start of a vertical blanking interval, the background command is interrupted, the state of the background command implementation is saved, the foreground command list is implemented, and then the interrupted background command is resumed. The background commands are preferably those that do not directly affect the display bitmaps, while the foreground commands are those that do directly affect the display bitmaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Howard J. Kennedy, Jr., Josh Herman, Rich Gerber, Dan Harwell, Gerald Cross, Judi Goldstein, Terry Downs, Mike Hawash