Patent ID: 8607144

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining, at a computing device, whether a display device is initialized, wherein the display device has an associated display configuration; responsive to determining that the display device is initialized, determining whether the display device was previously configured, wherein when the display device has not been previously configured, analyzing the associated display configuration to determine whether the associated display configuration corresponds to a safe mode; executing a display configuration process when the associated display configuration does not correspond to a safe mode, the display configuration process comprising: displaying a graphical interface during the display configuration process, wherein the graphical interface includes a list of one of more optional modes, wherein each optional mode is selectable, wherein each optional mode has an associated test image and an associated display timer, and wherein each associated display timer includes a predetermined amount of time; sequentially cycling through the list of one or more optional modes during the display configuration process until an optional mode is identified as compatible with the display device, wherein sequentially cycling includes counting down the predetermined amount of time for each optional mode, and generating an output signal including the associated test image for each optional mode; and terminating the display configuration process when an optional mode is identified as compatible with the display device; wherein when the associated display configuration corresponds to a safe mode, determining whether the safe mode is a supported mode; when the safe mode is a supported mode, configuring the output signal, and when the safe mode is not a supported mode, analyzing one or more unsafe modes to determine whether the one or more unsafe modes are supported modes and configuring the output signal when an unsafe mode is a supported mode.