Patent ID: 8330764
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A63F,G06T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for executing one or more of a set of graphical resource calls made to a closed system, comprising: a supervisor mode graphic device for executing the one or more of the set of graphical resource calls, the set of graphical resource calls comprising one or more signed graphical resource calls from one or more signed applications and one or more unsigned graphical resource calls from one or more unsigned applications, the supervisor mode graphic device executing all of the signed graphical resource calls, all preapproved unsigned graphical resource calls, and only validated non-preapproved unsigned graphical resource calls; and a managed mode graphic device in communication with the supervisor mode graphic device, wherein the managed mode graphic device determines, for each unsigned graphical resource call, whether the unsigned graphical resource call is preapproved and, if the unsigned graphical resource call is preapproved, submits the unsigned graphical resource call to the supervisor mode graphic device without validation, and, if the unsigned graphical resource call is not preapproved, sends the unsigned graphical resource call for validation prior to submission to the supervisor mode graphic device.