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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Jonathan B. Ballagh, Boulder, CO (US);
Thomas E. Fischaber, Golden, CO (US);
Roger B. Milne, Boulder, CO (US);
Krista M. Marks, Boulder, CO (US);
Jonathan B. Ballagh, Boulder, CO (US);
Thomas E. Fischaber, Golden, CO (US);
Roger B. Milne, Boulder, CO (US);
Krista M. Marks, Boulder, CO (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
Various approaches for selection of graphical objects in a web browser-based application are described. In one approach, a selection overlay is stored in a web document. The selection overlay encompasses a plurality of user-selectable graphical objects in the web document occupies a highest position in layers of graphical objects in the web document and includes a plurality of selection regions. Each selection region is respectively associated with one of the plurality of graphical objects and defines a region of selectability for the associated graphical object. In response to the web browser-based application detecting entry of a user-directed pointer into one of the selection regions in the selection overlay, the graphical object associated with the one selection region is selected for user manipulation and displayed.