Patents by Inventor Peter John Gerrone

Peter John Gerrone 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).

  • Method and System for Setting Display Resolution
    Publication number: 20130229415
    Abstract: A computing system with a graphical windowing server displaying to a display, and a method for setting the resolution of a display to which a computing device displays. The method comprises running a graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display, querying the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display, receiving returned mode data, the mode data being indicative of one or more display modes supported by the display, shutting down the graphical windowing server, composing a modeline for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, running the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the modeline, and loading a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the modeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Petar Nedelijkovic, Peter John Gerrone, Zoran Tomicic
  • Method and system for setting display resolution
    Patent number: 8441474
    Abstract: A computing system with a graphical windowing server displaying to a display, and a method for setting the resolution of a display to which a computing device displays. The method comprises running a graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display, querying the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display, receiving returned mode data, the mode data being indicative of one or more display modes supported by the display, shutting down the graphical windowing server, composing a modeline for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, running the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the modeline, and loading a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the modeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Petar Nedeljkovic, Peter John Gerrone, Zoran Tomicic