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A system with a main monitor for a host computer and a second, mini monitor for displaying a portion of the display normally intended for the main monitor. In one embodiment, the mini monitor is connected to the computer over a shared, peripheral bus, such as the universal serial bus (USB). The smal

A system with a main monitor for a host computer and a second, mini monitor for displaying a portion of the display normally intended for the main monitor. In one embodiment, the mini monitor is connected to the computer over a shared, peripheral bus, such as the universal serial bus (USB). The smaller size of the mini monitor and either compression or slower refresh rates allow it to be connected to the USB just like other peripheral devices.

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What is claimed is: 1. A monitor system comprising:a host computer;a first monitor connected to said host computer;a second monitor, separate and unattached to said first monitor, smaller than said first monitor, and coupled to said host computer via a shared peripheral bus interface; anda video dri

What is claimed is: 1. A monitor system comprising:a host computer;a first monitor connected to said host computer;a second monitor, separate and unattached to said first monitor, smaller than said first monitor, and coupled to said host computer via a shared peripheral bus interface; anda video driver in said host computer configured to: i) provide a portion of a display on said first monitor to said second monitor, ii) determine whether a stored image is different from an image currently displayed on the second display, iii) transmit a lower than full resolution image of the stored image to the second monitor for display if the stored image is different from the image currently displayed on the second monitor, and iv) thereafter transmit additional image data to the second monitor to bring the image displayed on the second monitor to full resolution.