Patent ID: 7598941

Claim:
A method for operating a pointer on a display having multiple monitors including a first monitor and a second monitor, comprising: receiving a first event message for a pointer on a display, the first event message indicating a first pixel location of the pointer in the display and a first time; determining that said pointer is moving on said display in a direction toward said second monitor based on receiving a second event message for the pointer, the second event message indicating a second pixel location of the pointer in the display and a second time, said pointer is displayed on said first monitor; automatically moving said pointer to said second monitor before said pointer has reached the edge of said first monitor in response to said pointer moving on said first monitor between the first pixel location and the second pixel location within a predetermined time, wherein the distance between said first pixel location and said second pixel location is at least twenty pixels and said predetermined time is within milliseconds; and causing an image to be provided on said display that visually indicates said pointer, said image is a different image than said pointer and is larger than said pointer.