Patent ID: 7136042

Claim:
A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for carrying out a method, the method comprising: receiving, at a host computer, display information from a display controller being separate from the host computer and connected to a plurality of displays that form a combined display surface, the display information comprising multiple display information and single display information, the display information including the location of each of the plurality of displays in the combined display surface; wherein: said host computer comprises an operating system being one of configured to be responsive to said multiple display information and configured to be responsive to said single display information; if the operating system is configured to be responsive to the multiple display information: exposing portions of memory at the host computer representing each of the plurality of displays in accordance with the multiple display information; receiving image data for each portion of memory; and combining the image data for each portion of memory to form a frame of image data at the host computer; and if the operating system is configured to be responsive to the single display information, treating the plurality of displays as a single virtual display.