Patent ID: 7570227

Claim:
A method of managing seams comprising the steps of: determining a composite output display comprising at least two external displays, each display associated with a view into a contiguous virtual display space and being separated from an adjacent display by a seam that defines an area that cannot display output information; determining seam information associated with the seam area between the at least two displays; determining output information; determining display layout adjustments for output information associated with views into the contiguous virtual display space, the display layout adjustments being based on the determined seam information and the output information; and displaying the output information for each display based on the determined display layout adjustments, where determining layout adjustments based on the determined seam information and output information comprises at least one of: determining display layout adjustments based on seam constrained movement of object elements and output information by adjusting an object element originally determined to be output across two adjacent displays and the intervening seam area to move off the seam area for display on only one of the two adjacent displays; and determining display layout adjustments based on output information and at least one virtual display space repetition area defined in a region around the seam by adjusting output information originally determined to be output in the at least one repetition area to be repeated in two adjacent displays to provide contextual guidance for the display.