Selective display of cursor
US8001483B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G5/08
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An application may be provided with an interface for hiding a cursor from or showing a cursor to a video driver and for causing cursor information to be saved in data storage and retrieved from data storage. The interface may include an application program interface (API), which may be callable from the application program. The interface may also include one or more bits included in a video driver, such that the modification of any of the one or more bits may change operation of the video driver. Modification of at least some of the bits may cause a cursor to be hidden from the video driver, may cause a previously hidden cursor to be shown to the video driver, may cause cursor information to be saved in a data storage, or may cause the cursor information to be retrieved from the data storage.
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