Patent ID: 8453063

Claim:
A method for accommodating changes in the configuration of a display system configured to operate a plurality of display components contemporaneously, comprising the steps of: generating a model of the display system to contain available configuration modes of a first one of the display components, based on a current configuration of the display system, and to contain an indication of whether a change to a current configuration mode of the first one of the display components to a different one of the available configuration modes could adversely affect a current configuration mode of a second one of the display components in the display system, wherein the first one and the second one of the display component operate concurrently and share resources for processing video; receiving an indication that a parameter in the current configuration of the display system is being changed due to a change to the current configuration mode of the first one of the components; detecting whether the current configuration mode of the second one of the components in the display system could be adversely affected by said change to current configuration mode of the first one of said components based on the model of the display system; obtaining available configuration modes for the second one of the components whose current configuration mode could be adversely affected by said change to the first one of the components; selecting one of the available configuration modes for the second one of the components that is compatible with said change to the first one of the components; and while both the first one and the second one of the display component operate concurrently, reconfiguring the operating parameters of the second one of the components to the selected mode that is compatible with the change to the current configuration mode of the first one of the components, wherein the reconfigured parameters and the change to the current configure mode transfers resources for processing video from the second one of the components to the first one of the components.