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Patent US7761884 - Method and system for maintaining connections between surfaces and objects ... - Google Patents
A method and system are provided for controlling the algorithmic elements in 3D graphics systems via an improved 3D graphics API and for managing computing resources utilized in connection with the maintenance of connections between surfaces and objects. When multiple applications are running simultaneously,...http://www.google.com/patents/US7761884?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7761884 - Method and system for maintaining connections between surfaces and objects in a graphics display system
Publication number US7761884 B2
Application number US 10/961,435
Also published as US6874150, US20030014562, US20050046627
Publication number 10961435, 961435, US 7761884 B2, US 7761884B2, US-B2-7761884, US7761884 B2, US7761884B2
Patent Citations (30), Non-Patent Citations (62), Referenced by (6), Classifications (9), Legal Events (2)
Method and system for maintaining connections between surfaces and objects in a graphics display system
US 7761884 B2
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U.S. Classification 719/328, 345/418
International Classification G06T15/00, G06F3/00, G06F17/00, G06F9/46
Cooperative Classification G06T15/00, G06F9/445