In a multimedia API, a method for returning hardware and software capabilities. Multimedia APIs for media devices such as a display device, a sound device and a 3D accelerator each include a function to return the hardware and software capabilities of a particular media device. The hardware capabilities...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US6044408?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6044408 - Multimedia device interface for retrieving and exploiting software and hardware capabilities
