Patent ID: 8767009

Claim:
A method, comprising: generating a series of lists of commands using a graphics rendering subsystem of an electronic device, wherein: at least some commands in the series of lists of commands are drawing commands, and one or more of the drawing commands are repeated in at least some of the lists of commands; determining an outcome of a clipping operation for at least one of the repeated drawing commands using the graphics rendering subsystem; prior to execution of the series of lists of commands, configuring control information associated with at least one of the repeated one or more drawing commands using the graphics rendering subsystem, wherein the control information is configured based on the determined outcome of the clipping operation for a corresponding drawing command; and executing the series of lists of commands using the graphics rendering subsystem, wherein the executing comprises: checking for each command whether it is a drawing command, when the command is a drawing command, checking for presence of a corresponding control information, and when a corresponding control information is present, determining based on the control information when to ignore the command.