Overscan user interface
First Claim
1. A method for displaying an image on a video display system in an overscan area outside of a display area generated with a video mode having two dimensions, each dimension having a number of pixels, in a computer system running an operating system which presents a user interface fully occupying said display area, comprising:
- a. adjusting parameters for said video display system to increase the number of pixels in a dimension of said video display system by a number of pixels less than or equal to a difference between the number of pixels specified in said video mode and a maximum number of pixels which said video display system can effectively display;
b. within said computer system, addressing video display memory for said increased pixels;
c. writing said image to said video display memory; and
d. displaying said image from said video display memory onto said video display system along side said display area.
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Abstract
A method for creating and accessing a graphical user interface in the overscan area outside the area of the display normally visible to users of the common operating systems. This normal display area is generally known as the "desktop". The desktop serves as the graphical user interface to the operating system. The desktop displays images representing documents and applications available to the user (icons). The desktop is restricted in the common environments to a predetermined set of resolutions (e.g., 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768) as defined by VGA and SuperVGA standards. Displayable borders outside this area are the overscan.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for displaying an image on a video display system in an overscan area outside of a display area generated with a video mode having two dimensions, each dimension having a number of pixels, in a computer system running an operating system which presents a user interface fully occupying said display area, comprising:
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a. adjusting parameters for said video display system to increase the number of pixels in a dimension of said video display system by a number of pixels less than or equal to a difference between the number of pixels specified in said video mode and a maximum number of pixels which said video display system can effectively display; b. within said computer system, addressing video display memory for said increased pixels; c. writing said image to said video display memory; and d. displaying said image from said video display memory onto said video display system along side said display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A device for displaying an image on a video display system in an overscan area outside of a display area generated with a video mode having two dimensions, each dimension having a number of pixels, in a computer system running an operating system which presents a user interface fully occupying said display area, comprising:
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a. means for adjusting parameters for said video display system to increase the number of pixels in a dimension of said video display system by a number of pixels less than or equal to a difference between the number of pixels specified in said video mode and a maximum number of pixels which said video display system can effectively display; b. means for, within said computer system, addressing video display memory for said increased pixels; c. means for writing said image to said video display memory; and d. means for displaying said image from said video display memory onto said video display system along side said display area. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program storage device containing a computer program which, when run on a computer system, accomplishes the following method for displaying an image on a video display system in an overscan area outside of a display area generated with a video mode having two dimensions, each dimension having a number of pixels, in a computer system running an operating system which presents a user interface fully occupying said display area:
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a. adjusting parameters for said video display system to increase the number of pixels in a dimension of said video display system by a number of pixels less than or equal to a difference between the number of pixels specified in said video mode and a maximum number of pixels which said video display system can effectively display; b. within said computer system, addressing video display memory for said increased pixels; c. writing said image to said video display memory; and d. displaying said image from said video display memory onto said video display system along side said display area. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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