Patent ID: 8806235

Claim:
A computer data processing system configured for power management for a multi-display computing environment, the system comprising: a computer with at least one processor and memory; a video display adapter disposed in the computer; multiple different displays driven by the adapter; and, a selective power management module coupled to the computer and configured to: monitor activity in connection with multiple different displays; detect a period of inactivity in a particular one of the displays; determine if the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has exceeded a threshold value; in response to a determination that the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has not exceeded a threshold value, reduce an intensity of display on the particular one of the displays; and in response to a determination that the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has exceeded a threshold value, direct power management only in the particular one of the displays, but not in remaining others of the displays.