A hierarchical display list system and efficient processing method for same. The system provides a display list having discontiguous display list segments and an information retrieval system for same (e.g. DMA controller in one embodiment). Each display list segment (DLS) contains a call to a next to...http://www.google.com/patents/US5657479?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5657479 - Hierarchical display list processing in graphics data retrieval system
