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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1995
Gregory Paul Bala, San Jose, CA (US);
Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique for identifying an object selected from a plurality of objects displayed on an output display is disclosed. The technique includes grouping the objects into a plurality of scenes based on natural groupings. An identifier for each object is generated that uniquely identifies each object displayed. The identifier is dynamically partitioned into 'n' segments based on the graphics subsystem, and each segment is mapped to a color representation in the graphics subsystem. In response to user selection of one of the objects, location information, which identifies the location of an object on the display, is generated. During each of 'n' time intervals, a color mapped segment for each object is painted in a back buffer of a double buffered graphics subsystem, and the back buffer is subsequently queried for the color at the user selected location. The segments are accumulated to assemble the identifier for the selected object.