Patent ID: 7315308

Claim:
A method for a graphics arbiter, distinct from a first display source and from a second display source, to notify the first display source of a first estimated time when a future frame will be displayed on a display device, the first display source providing display information to the second display source, the method comprising: notifying the second display source of a second estimated time when the future frame will be displayed on the display device, wherein the second estimated time is based on a vertical synchronization event (VSYNC) of the display device; notifying the first display source of a first estimated time when the future frame will be displayed on the display device, the first estimated frame time offset from the second estimated frame time, the offset based, at least in part, on an estimated amount of time to be spent by the second display source in processing the display information provided by the first display source; and displaying the future frame on the display device.