Patent ID: 7478187

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: a processor operable to generate visual information for presentation at a display; a graphics subsystem operable to receive the visual information from the processor and format the visual information to present visual images at the display; a bus interfacing the processor and the graphics subsystem and operable to communicate the visual information; an external connector interfaced with the bus and operable to communicate the visual information to an external display device; and a graphics state module interfaced with the bus, the graphics state module operable to detect insertion of a cable to the external connector and removal of a cable from the external connector, to periodically store the visual information, to determine a preferred display device upon the insertion or removal of the cable, and to provide the stored visual information for presentation at the preferred display devices; wherein the graphics state module is further operable to confirm the preferred display device by presenting a user interface at the preferred display device and to present the stored visual information at a second display device a predetermined time after presenting the user interface at the preferred display device if an end user fails to confirm the preferred display device.