Patent ID: 7626599

Claim:
In a computing environment having a display device, wherein the display device displays magnified content corresponding to a portion of a desktop display, a method for superimposing a visual indicator on the magnified content to indicate the portion of the desktop display that is being magnified, the method comprising: the display device receiving magnified content corresponding to the portion of the desktop display, wherein the portion of the desktop display is less than an entire desktop display; determining the position of the visual indicator, wherein the position of the visual indicator is located at the position of the portion of the desktop display that is being magnified within the entire desktop display, wherein the visual indicator surrounds only the portion of the desktop display that is being magnified; the display device displaying the magnified content on the display device such that the magnified content is displayed on the entire viewing area of the display device; and the display device displaying the visual indicator on the display device over the magnified content.