Patent ID: 7633483

Claim:
In a computing environment comprising a plurality of computing devices including displays, a method of extending the desktop from a first computing device onto a display of a second computing device such that a multiple monitor configuration can be implemented for the first computing device where the multiple monitors include a display connected to the first computing device and one or more displays connected to other computing devices, the method comprising: establishing a remote session between the first computing device and the second computing device, wherein a remote session may include a session of two computing devices that are in close proximity; generating graphics commands for first and second display drivers at the first computing device as if a multi-display configuration was active at the first computing device, the first display driver being associated with a display at the first computing device, and the second display driver not having an associated display at the first computing device, wherein a dummy driver of the first computing device is used to indicate that multiple displays are attached to the first computing device; displaying graphics from the graphics commands for the first display driver at the display at the first computing device; and remoting graphics commands for the second display driver to the second computing device and not displaying graphics from graphics commands for the second display driver at the first computing device, such that a display at the second computing device acts as an extension of the display at the first computing device.