Simplifying Configuration Of Multiple Display Units For Common Use

A computer readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions causing a digital processing system to enable a user to configure desired ones of a plurality of display units for a common use, wherein said plurality of display units are connected to said digital processing system, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said digital processing system causes said digital processing system to perform the actions of:

• displaying a corresponding representation of each of said plurality of display units on a first display unit, said first display unit being contained in said plurality of display units;
• enabling said user to specify a set of display units as a group based on corresponding displayed representations, said set of display units being contained in said plurality of display units;
• indicating a set of display modes in which said set of display units can be operated together as said group, wherein each display mode corresponds to a corresponding type of common use;
• receiving from said user an indication representing a display mode selected from said set of display modes;
• and
• configuring said set of display units for operation as said group in said display mode.

A digital processing system comprising:

• a central processing unit (CPU) to generate image data;
• and
• one or more graphics processing units (GPU) to drive a plurality of display units connected to said digital processing system to display a sequence of images based on said image data, said CPU operable to:
• display a corresponding representation of each of said plurality of display units on a first display unit, said first display unit being contained in said plurality of display units;
• enable a user to specify a set of display units as a group based on corresponding displayed representations, said set of display units being contained in said plurality of display units;
• indicate a set of display modes in which said set of display units can be operated together as said group, wherein each display mode corresponds to a corresponding type of common use;
• receive from said user an indication representing a display mode selected from said set of display modes;
• and
• configure said set of display units for operation as said group in said display mode,
• wherein a set of images displayed after said configuration are rendered on said set of display units according to said display mode, said set of images being contained in said sequence of images.