Patents by Inventor KIM TROTT

KIM TROTT 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).

  • Efficient computer-implemented techniques for managing graphics memory
    Patent number: 11068404
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data processing method provides an improvement in efficient use of computer memory and comprises using a computer, creating in computer memory a glyph memory area that is configured to store a plurality of cached glyphs; using the computer, receiving a request from an application to use a particular glyph; in response to the request, determining whether the particular glyph is in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the particular glyph is not in the glyph memory area: attempting to store a bitmap of the particular glyph to a next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a first time, reclaiming space in the glyph memory area in an amount sufficient to store the bitmap; attempting a second time to store the bitmap in the next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a second time, clearing the glyph memory area of all previously stored glyphs and stori
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Seeley, Kim Trott, Matthew McCarthy, Dylan Oudyk, Sam Magnuson, Jan Hanssen
  • EFFICIENT COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING GRAPHICS MEMORY
    Publication number: 20190243770
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data processing method provides an improvement in efficient use of computer memory and comprises using a computer, creating in computer memory a glyph memory area that is configured to store a plurality of cached glyphs; using the computer, receiving a request from an application to use a particular glyph; in response to the request, determining whether the particular glyph is in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the particular glyph is not in the glyph memory area: attempting to store a bitmap of the particular glyph to a next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a first time, reclaiming space in the glyph memory area in an amount sufficient to store the bitmap; attempting a second time to store the bitmap in the next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a second time, clearing the glyph memory area of all previously stored glyphs and stori
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: MATTHEW SEELEY, KIM TROTT, MATTHEW MCCARTHY, DYLAN OUDYK, SAM MAGNUSON, JAN HANSSEN
  • Efficient computer-implemented techniques for managing graphics memory
    Patent number: 10268590
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data processing method provides an improvement in efficient use of computer memory and comprises using a computer, creating in computer memory a glyph memory area that is configured to store a plurality of cached glyphs; using the computer, receiving a request from an application to use a particular glyph; in response to the request, determining whether the particular glyph is in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the particular glyph is not in the glyph memory area: attempting to store a bitmap of the particular glyph to a next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a first time, reclaiming space in the glyph memory area in an amount sufficient to store the bitmap; attempting a second time to store the bitmap in the next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a second time, clearing the glyph memory area of all previously stored glyphs and stori
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Seeley, Kim Trott, Matthew McCarthy, Dylan Oudyk, Sam Magnuson, Jan Hanssen
  • EFFICIENT COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING GRAPHICS MEMORY
    Publication number: 20160247252
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data processing method provides an improvement in efficient use of computer memory and comprises using a computer, creating in computer memory a glyph memory area that is configured to store a plurality of cached glyphs; using the computer, receiving a request from an application to use a particular glyph; in response to the request, determining whether the particular glyph is in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the particular glyph is not in the glyph memory area: attempting to store a bitmap of the particular glyph to a next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a first time, reclaiming space in the glyph memory area in an amount sufficient to store the bitmap; attempting a second time to store the bitmap in the next location in the glyph memory area; in response to determining that the next location is not available a second time, clearing the glyph memory area of all previously stored glyphs and stori
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: MATTHEW SEELEY, KIM TROTT, MATTHEW MCCARTHY, DYLAN OUDYK, SAM MAGNUSON, JAN HANSSEN