Patent ID: 7898553

Claim:
A method of generating a pick packet for use with a web browser, said method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining from source-image rendering software a list of objects displayed in a source image that was generated by the source-image rendering software, said source image comprising a plurality of pixels, wherein at least one object is embedded on one or more of said pixels, and wherein the at least one object is an object defined by data that is processed by the source-image rendering software; (b) generating a secondary text file that contains a list of unique tokens, wherein a unique token is assigned to a unique object that is single object or a combination of objects, said unique object being displayed on one or more pixels in said source image, and wherein a legend is associated with one or more of said tokens; (c) generating a primary text file that contains pixel coordinates, a first pixel coordinate corresponding to a first pixel in said source image, a second pixel coordinate corresponding to a second pixel in said source image, and so on; (d) identifying a first object from said list of objects; (e) inspecting said source image for a first-object pixel in said source image, said first-object pixel containing said first object; (f) inspecting said primary text file at a first object pixel coordinate for a first-object token, said first-object pixel coordinate corresponding to said first-object pixel and said first-object token corresponding to said token assigned to said unique object that represents said first object; (g) retrieving said legend associated with said first-object token from said secondary text file; and (h) displaying said legend to a viewer of said source image, when said viewer calls for said legend at said first-object pixel by hovering a pointer device over said first-object pixel containing a particular object.