Patent ID: 9305381
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for drawing content to a display, the method comprising: receiving, by a third thread, input indicating the content to be drawn to the display, wherein the third thread is configured to request and receive drawing instructions for drawing the content from a first thread and provide the drawing instructions to a second thread; providing, by the third thread to the first thread configured to provide the drawing instructions for drawing the content to the display, a request to prepare the content for display; receiving, by the third thread from the first thread and in response to the provided request, the drawing instructions for drawing the content to the display; providing, to the second thread, the drawing instructions for drawing the content to the display; and executing, by the second thread, rasterisation instructions based on the drawings instructions provided by the first thread for drawing the content to the display, wherein the rasterization instructions comprise instructions for generating software bitmaps of the content from the drawing instructions provided by the first thread, and instructions for compositing the software bitmaps for display, and wherein the executing the rasterisation instructions for drawing the content to the display by the second thread is deferred until a user input is received indicating the content has been requested for display.