Patent ID: 7949705

Claim:
A method for viewing a desktop on a first client, comprising: initiating a first desktop session and a second desktop session; populating a first virtual frame buffer (VFB) using the first desktop session; populating a second VFB using the second desktop session; replicating the first VFB and the second VFB in an extended virtual frame buffer (EVFB); selecting a first portion of the EVFB to view by positioning a first VFB scout over a portion of the replicated first VFB and a portion of the replicated second VFB in the EVFB; and displaying the first portion of the EVFB on the first client, wherein the first portion of the EVFB comprises the portion of the replicated first VFB and the portion of the replicated second VFB, wherein contents of the portion of the replicated first VFB and the portion of the replicated second VFB are displayed simultaneously, wherein the EVFB comprises a fixed boundary independent of user control of the first VFB scout and between the replicated first VFB and the replicated second VFB, and wherein the fixed boundary is displayed on the first client.