| 摘要 |
Disclosed are “graphics overrides.” An override accepts a stream of graphics commands as produced by an application and then modifies the stream before it is rendered by the GPU. Different overrides perform different modifications. One override can modify a stream of graphics commands in response to another stream. Overrides can enforce conformity with a visual paradigm and, by being modified, can support a change to that paradigm without requiring the applications to change. Overrides can monitor the entire computing environment and improve the response to that environment of a particular application: For example, an override monitors frames as they are produced by an application. If the application cannot keep up with a fixed frame rate, then the override produces “synthetic” frames to take the place of missing frames. Overrides are not restricted to fixing existing problems. Rather, applications can be developed that depend upon the presence of overrides. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method on a server for gathering user-response data, the method comprising:
sending, by the server to a first set of end-user devices, a first override, the first override comprising instructions for at least one graphics modification; sending, by the server to the first set of end-user devices, first instructions for gathering user-response data; receiving, by the server from at least some of the first set of end-user devices, first user-response data; sending, by the server to a second set of end-user devices, a second override, the second set of end-user devices comprising at least one end-user device not in the first set of end-user devices; sending, by the server to the second set of end-user devices, second instructions for gathering user-response data; and receiving, by the server from at least some of the second set of end-user devices, second user-response data.
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