Patent ID: 8462165
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at an agent, a command that is prompted by a vocal utterance, wherein the agent is a first user mode module of a system, and wherein the agent receives the command from a voice recognition application that is a second user mode module of the system and that converts the vocal utterance to the command; retrieving, by the agent, first information from a graphics hardware processor in response to the command prompted by the vocal utterance, the first information including at least one of a capability of the graphics hardware processor and a status of an aspect of operation of the graphics hardware processor, wherein the first information is retrieved by the agent by: controlling, by the agent, at least one aspect of the graphics hardware processor, in response to the command and based on the first information retrieved from the graphics hardware processor; and outputting second information associated with the graphics hardware processor, in response to the command and based on the first information retrieved from the graphics hardware processor; wherein the vocal utterance includes a vocalized instruction to change a configuration of at least one of a display and a video playback.