Patents by Inventor Daniel Elliot Wexler

Daniel Elliot Wexler 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).

  • API For Launching Work On a Processor
    Publication number: 20110247018
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for launching work on a processor. The method includes the steps of initializing a first state object within a memory region accessible to a program executing on the processor, populating the first state object with data associated with a first workload that is generated by the program, and triggering the processing of the first workload on the processor according to the data within the first state object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Timothy Paul Lottes FARRAR, Ignacio Llamas, Daniel Elliot Wexler, Craig Ross Duttweiler
  • Load balancing
    Patent number: 7868891
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for load balancing two processors, such as for graphics and/or video processing, for example, are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Elliot Wexler, Larry I. Gritz, Eric B. Enderton, Cass W. Everitt
  • Re-render acceleration of frame with lighting change
    Publication number: 20080024495
    Abstract: Embodiments for accelerating the re-rendering of graphics frames are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Radomir Mech, Larry I. Gritz, Eric B. Enderton, John F. Schlag, Daniel Elliot Wexler, Philip A. Nemec