Display management for multi-screen computing environments

A power management method for a multi-display computing environment, the method comprising:

• monitoring activity in connection with a plurality of displays coupled to a single computer by a selective power management module executed in a memory of the computer;
• detecting a period of inactivity in a particular one of the displays;
• determining if the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has exceeded a threshold value;
• in response to a determination that the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has not exceeded a threshold value, reducing an intensity of display on the particular one of the displays;
• and,
• in response to a determination that the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has exceeded a threshold value, directing power management only in the particular one of the displays, but not in remaining others of the displays.

A computer program product for power management for a multi-display computing environment, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the steps comprising:
• monitoring activity in connection with a plurality of displays coupled to a single computer;
• detecting a period of inactivity in a particular one of the displays;
• determining if the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has exceeded a threshold value;
• in response to a determination that the period of inactivity in the particular
• one of the displays has not exceeded a threshold value, reducing an intensity of display on the particular one of the displays;
• and,
• in response to a determination that the period of inactivity in the particular one of the displays has exceeded a threshold value, directing power management only in the particular one of the displays, but not in remaining others of the displays.