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Application programming interface supporting mixed two and three dimensional displays

  • US 9,143,770 B2
  • Filed: 12/30/2010
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by one or more processors used by an application programming interface (API) to enable applications to display both first content and second content on a screen, the first content being three-dimensional content, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, a first command from an application directing at least in part a first configuration of a first region of the screen to support the first content, the first configuration being a first three-dimensional configuration;

    responding to the first command by sending a first configuration request to place the screen in a three-dimensional mode within the first region;

    receiving a second command directing at least in part a second configuration of a second region of the screen to support the second content;

    responding to the second command by sending a second configuration request to place the screen in a mode corresponding to the second configuration within the second region; and

    receiving a third command configured to adjust a configurable depth of the three-dimensional content.

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