Patent ID: 8184065

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining a first position associated with a mouse pointer the first position outside of a source computer window; maintaining a mouse pointer in video processor mode based on the first position, wherein the mouse pointer in video processor mode operates a video processor connected to a plurality of source computers through a plurality of video interfaces; detecting movement of the mouse pointer from the first position to a second position, the second position inside the source computer window; changing the mouse pointer from video processor mode to source computer mode except if the second position resides in a menu bar inside the source computer window, wherein if the second position resides in the menu bar, the mouse pointer remains in video processor mode, the source computer connected to a control computer over a control network interface, wherein the mouse pointer in source computer mode operates one of a plurality of source computers connected to a video processor and wherein the plurality of video interface carry video more effectively than the control network carries video.