Reserving a fixed amount of hardware resources of a multimedia console for system application and controlling the unreserved resources by the multimedia application
US8707317B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2209/5014
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method provides a high level of system functionality in a multimedia console through the use of system applications, while reducing any corresponding lack of control that multimedia applications will have while running on the console. A predetermined amount of hardware resources of the multimedia console is reserved. The system application is executed substantially using the predetermined amount of reserved hardware resources and the multimedia application is executed substantially within the remaining unreserved hardware resources.
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