Patent ID: 6473101
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
A method of displaying information on at least a first and second display device comprising the steps of:generating at least a first rectangular view for the first display device as a rectangle having a position and size for displaying data within at least one surface and defined by memory space containing data to be displayed in the first rectangular view; generating at least a second rectangular view for the second display device as a rectangle having a position and size for displaying data within the at least one surface and defined by memory space containing data to be displayed in the second rectangular view; providing at least a first pan locking rectangle associated with the first rectangular view and a second pan locking rectangle associated with the second rectangular view wherein the first and second pan locking rectangles are independent; and defining the at least one surface as a block of memory, accessed by a processing unit, containing display data wherein the at least one surface bounds the first and second rectangular views on the first and second displays, wherein movement of a position indicator across at least one boundary of the first pan locking rectangle causes the position indicator to control which data is contained in the second rectangular view on the second display to facilitate multiple view panning in a common surface over multiple displays.