Patent ID: 9292069
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A method for implementing a mode switch in a computer system to change a plurality of display parameters used to display images, the method comprising: receiving a display setting change request; generating a proposed mode associated with the display setting change request; determining that the proposed mode is supported by hardware in the computer system; determining one or more parameter state changes for one or more display heads necessary to implement the proposed mode; generating one or more configuration commands that specify the one or more parameter state changes; transmitting the one or more configuration commands to a push buffer; configuring a display software interface to process the push buffer; setting up a sequence of operations to switch to the proposed mode associated with the parameter state changes specified by the one or more configuration commands in the push buffer; and performing the sequence of operations to switch to the proposed mode, wherein the sequence of operations includes transmitting one or more interrupts to a resource manager to allow the resource manager to perform at least one operation not yet supported by the hardware in the computer system.