Patent ID: 8872727

Claim:
A method, comprising: connecting a computer system and a multi-screen device, wherein the computer system includes a processor and memory; forming a unified system from the computer system and the multi-screen device, wherein the multi-screen device controls the function of the computer system; displaying a unified desktop by at least one processor of a multi-screen device, wherein at least a first portion of the unified desktop is displayed on a peripheral screen associated with the computer system, and wherein a second portion of the unified desktop is displayed on at least one screen of the multi-screen device; receiving an input into the unified desktop to open an application; in response to the input: determining a location on the unified desktop where the input was received; if the input was received in the first portion of the unified desktop, opening a window of the application in the first portion of the unified desktop and if the input was received in the second portion of the unified desktop, opening the window of the application in the second portion of the unified desktop.