Automatic synchronization of state colors across a web-based system

Abstract

A network provides color translation between a server side application and a web browser application. A color object created on the server sides is reduced into the individual color components defining the color property for the object. These discrete color components are then converted into numerical values representing the intensity of the respective component. The color components are then combined into a format usable by a web-based computer application. For objects including text information, the color property for the text is automatically determined, based on the translated color object, to achieve a high contrast between the background color and the foreground or text color.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A method for displaying a state color object on a computer display, the state color object including at least two regions each assigned a color property, each color property comprising at least two color components defining the color property, the color property selected to have a high color contrast between the two regions, the method comprising the steps of: 
 detecting a color property for a first region of the color object;    converting the color property for the first region into a numerical value; and    selecting a color property for a second region that has a numerical value representing a color property having a high contrast with the color property of the first region.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , the converting step comprising the steps of: 
 generating a red color component based on the color property for the first region of the color object;    generating a green color component based on the color property for the first region of the color object; and    generating a blue color component based on the color property for the first region of the color object.    
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , the selecting step comprising the steps of: 
 setting a threshold intensity value corresponding to the intensity of a color component for the color property of the first region;    selecting a first color property for the second region when the intensity of a color component for the color property of the first region is above the threshold intensity value; and    selecting a second color property for the second region when the intensity of a color component for the color property of the first region is below the threshold intensity value.    
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the threshold intensity value corresponds to any single color component for the color property of the first region.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the threshold intensity value corresponds to a combination of the components for the color property of the first region.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the first color property is black and the second color property is white.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the first region is a background region and the second region is a foreground region.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of: 
 modifying a color property according to user preferences to adjust the color contrast between the color property of the first region and the color property of the second region.