SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIVATE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION FROM A BROWSER TO A DRIVER

• US 20130007888A1
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Original Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
• Inventors: Ahuja, Alok, Apte, Atul Chandrakant
• Granted Patent: US 8,800,051 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes

Abstract

Systems and methods for communicating private information from a browser to a driver are presented. The private information communication method can comprise: performing a private information communication process in which private information is communicated through a private information communication plug-in of a browser to a driver; and performing a driver process based upon the private communication information communicated in the private information communication process. The private information communication process can comprise determining private information content; communicating the private information to the private information communication plug-in coupled to a private communication channel; calling a graphics driver from the private information communication plug-in using the private communication channel; and forwarding the private information from the private information communication plug to the driver via the private communication channel. The driver process can comprise: determining if there is an association between normal information and the private information, and processing the normal information in accordance with associated private. The private information can be associated with stereoscopic 3D video streaming.

Claims

1. A private information communication method comprising:

performing a private information communication process in which private information is communicated through a private information communication plug-in of a browser to a driver; and

performing a driver process based upon the private communication information communicated in the private information communication process.

2. The private information communication method of claim 1 wherein the private information communication process comprises:

determining private information content;

communicating the private information to the private information communication plug-in coupled to a private communication channel;

calling a graphics driver from the private information communication plug-in using the private communication channel; and

forwarding the private information from the private information communication plug-in to the driver via the private communication channel.

3. The private information communication method of claim 2 wherein the private communication channel is a backdoor interface.

4. The private information communication method of claim 1 wherein said private information includes metadata.

5. The private information communication method of claim 1 wherein said private information includes arguments.

6. The private information communication method of claim 1 wherein the driver process comprises:

determining if there is an association between normal information and the private information, and

processing the normal information in accordance with associated private information.

7. The private information communication method of claim 1 wherein the private information includes stereoscopic video information associated with graphics surface information.

8. A computer system comprising:

a graphics processing unit display driver component operable to perform graphics processing unit interface operations with a display component, wherein the graphics processing unit interface operations with a display component include processing graphics surface information received from a normal information communication channel utilizing private information received via a private communication channel; and

a browser component operable to forward the private information to the graphics processing unit display driver component via the private information communication channel through a private information communication plug-in of the browser component.

9. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the browser includes an application component.

10. The computer system of claim 9 wherein the browser includes a runtime component.

11. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the browser includes a java script component.

12. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the private information communication plug-in is installed when the driver is installed.

13. The computer system of claim 8 wherein the metadata includes the width of the player window, the height of the player window, the stereo mode, a flag indicating whether to enable or disable stereoscopic 3D rendering and process ID.

14. The private information communication method of claim 8 wherein the private information includes stereoscopic video information associated with graphics surface information.

15. A computer readable medium operable to store instructions for directing processor operations in a private communication process, wherein the private communication process comprises:

performing a private information communication process in which private information is communicated through a private information communication plug-in of a browser to a driver; and

performing a driver process based upon the private communication information communicated in the private information communication process.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the private information communication process comprises:

determining private information content (e.g., required metadata);

communicating the private information to the private information communication plug-in coupled to a private communication channel;

calling a graphics driver from the private information communication plug-in using the private communication channel; and

forwarding the private information from the private information communication plug-in to the driver via the private communication channel.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the private communication channel is a backdoor interface.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein said private information includes metadata.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the driver process includes determining if there is an association between normal information and the private information.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 15 wherein the private information includes stereoscopic video information associated with graphics surface information.