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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsHidetoshi Mori, Tomoaki Kondo
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To provide a multi-monitor system capable of enhancing operability of a mouse in an extended desktop environment. When a screen M1 of a primary monitor 11 is connected to a screen M2 of a secondary monitor 21 in a shifted manner at a predetermined section B2-D1, mark windows 50 are displayed on the screen M1 of the primary monitor 11 and the screen M2 of the secondary monitor 21 adjacently to the predetermined section B2-D1 in order to accurately and promptly grasp the predetermined position B2-D1 where a mouse pointer MP is movable. As options, the mark window 50 is hidden when the mouse pointer MP is moved onto the mark window 50 or in the vicinity thereof, the mouse pointer MP is temporarily stopped at the predetermined section, and a number of a destination monitor is displayed on the original screen when the mouse pointer MP is moved to the other screen.
A multi-monitor system comprising:
A multi-monitor method comprising:
A mark displaying program product stored in a computer-readable medium to be operated in an extended desktop environment where a periphery of a screen of a first monitor is virtually connected to a periphery of a screen of a second monitor in a predetermined position and a pointer displayed in compliance with a pointing device is bi-directionally movable between the screens of the first and second monitors, the mark displaying program product causing a computer to execute the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.