Buffer requirements reconciliation
US7710426B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/426
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Buffers may be shared between components in a system. The components may be loosely coupled, allowing the components to be assembled into various different configurations, and yet buffers may still be shared. A buffer requirements negotiator of the system analyzes the buffer requirements of each of the components and determines, if possible, a set of requirements that satisfies all of the components. Accordingly, savings may be achieved in buffer memory, as well as in copying and converting between unshared buffers. Further, the individual components may operate as efficiently as possible because the buffer requirements of the components in the system are all met. One implementation accesses a first component's buffer requirements and a second component's buffer requirements, determines a reconciled set of buffer requirements that satisfies the buffer requirements of both components, and provides the reconciled set of buffer requirements to one or more components.
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