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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Erik Richard Neumann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Albert James Fenton, III, San Jose, CA (US);
Object Technology Licensing Corp., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A flexible system for changing the physical manifestation of an object in an object-oriented computer environment. An object to be manifested, denominated a 'costume' object, is associated with a target object having a corresponding physical appearance. The costume object accepts a physical manifestation request and responds by transmitting to the target object a message requesting that the target object manifest itself. The target manifestation request message includes parameter values specifying the on-screen location and other properties of the costume object. In this fashion, the costume object can present itself wearing the appearance or 'costume' of the target object.