Display controller
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1. A display controller apparatus, comprising:
- a data store to store an overlay control data;
a port to communicate with a provider of the overlay control data; and
a logic to provide an overlay to a display device associated with a computing system to which the display controller provides a display service and that is not the provider of the overlay control data, the overlay being an image that can be displayed on the display device, the logic being controlled, at least in part, by the provider of the overlay control data, the overlay being described by the overlay control data, the overlay being rendered by the provider of the overlay control data.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a display controller are described. One display controller embodiment includes a data store to store overlay control data, a port to communicate with an overlay control data provider, and a logic to provide an overlay to a display device. The display device may be associated with a computing system that does not provide the overlay control data. The logic may be controlled by the overlay control data provider.
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20 Claims
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1. A display controller apparatus, comprising:
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a data store to store an overlay control data; a port to communicate with a provider of the overlay control data; and a logic to provide an overlay to a display device associated with a computing system to which the display controller provides a display service and that is not the provider of the overlay control data, the overlay being an image that can be displayed on the display device, the logic being controlled, at least in part, by the provider of the overlay control data, the overlay being described by the overlay control data, the overlay being rendered by the provider of the overlay control data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method, comprising:
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initializing at least a portion of a video controller that is operably connected to a display device and to a computing system for which the video controller provides a video service, where the initializing is performed by a management processor operably connected to the computing system, and where the initializing is performed independent of the computing system; rendering a display element in a memory operably connected to the video controller, where the rendering is performed by the management processor; and controlling the video controller to overlay the display element on the display device, where the controlling is performed by the management processor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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