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Computer system including display control system

  • US 5,936,608 A
  • Filed: 08/30/1996
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system comprising:

  • a processor;

    a memory coupled to the processor;

    a multitasking operating system stored in the memory, the multitasking operating system tracking operating system events;

    a graphics controller coupled to the processor;

    a display for which power consumption can be controlled pixel by pixel, the display coupled to said graphics controller, the display monitor displaying visual objects;

    an operating rules module for identifying one or more predetermined conditions of operating system events which require a variation in the brightness of a visual object selected from among a plurality of visual objects based on said predetermined conditions;

    an activity monitoring module for monitoring and filtering operating system events for said predetermined conditions and for transmitting instructions to vary the brightness of the selected visual objects; and

    a palette manager module for receiving instructions from the activity monitoring module and for managing the variation of brightness of the selected visual objects using the graphics controller.

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