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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8001470 | Help functionality and graphical user interface applications A computer system executes a host application that generates a graphical user interface for display on a respective user's display screen. In addition to executing the host application, the computer system (or other computer) provides an environment for executing a ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7890864 | Dynamic composition of help information for an aggregation of applications The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for producing a composite help view for an aggregation of applications. The method can include obtaining at least two separate help documents. Each of the separate help documents can have an association with a ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7861162 | Help file generating method and apparatus A method of generating a help file used commonly in different models of image forming apparatuses includes reading a setting value indicating a function provided by one of the image forming apparatuses, setting a field value of a parameter corresponding to the read ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7836401 | User operable help information system Certain exemplary embodiments provide a system for providing help information supporting at least one executable application. The system can comprise an interface processor for receiving user-entered data representing a help message conveying help information, a cre... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7757170 | Recommendation aggregation for digest generation Systems and methods for processing automatically generated recommendations. In various exemplary embodiments, a method of producing a recommendation digest for a user includes (a) generating a recommendation log for the user by storing a plurality of recommendations... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7509579 | Spatial point to cable distance calculator for high bandwidth metropolitan area networks The present invention provides a system and method for calculating, maintaining, and displaying information regarding the relative distance from nodes associated with telecommunication cable to high bandwidth telecommunication cables in metropolitan areas. The prese... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506257 | System and method for providing help contents for components of a computer system A system and method for providing help contents uses a framework for unified help access that provides a single point of entry through which a user may access help contents relating to all system software and hardware components. The help contents from different sou... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7490292 | Web-based instruction A method performed in a web-based environment on a computer system teaches a user to implement an application. The method includes providing predetermined applications and presenting an annotation page that includes one or more annotations descriptive of a predeterm... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7409640 | Electronic service manual for product constituted by electric or electronic circuit A technique for performing an information search relate to parts included in a circuit diagram or a board diagram displayed on a display screen. Network connection destination information, which includes URL information for a predetermined server, a type of informat... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7376902 | User interface for alerts Various implementations of the present invention provide systems and methods for interactive scripting in a distributed computing system. One implementation provides a method for displaying alert information on a display device. In this implementation, the method in... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376897 | Method, apparatus, and system for determining information representations and modalities based on user preferences and resource consumption According to one aspect of the invention, a method is provided in which a user in a system is allowed to specify a relative preference for each representation in a set of representations in which information generated from an application domain can be presented to t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363398 | Intelligent total access system A system for interfacing a user with an electronic device. An accessor device provides a user interface matched to the needs, abilities and intentions of the user and translates the user input commands and data into commands for the electronic device. An intelligent... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343307 | Dynamic help method and system for an insurance claims processing system An improved method and system for providing context-sensitive help and interactive search capability in an insurance claims processing system is described. Context-sensitive help for a step in processing an insurance claim may be automatically invoked when entering ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7308651 | Data entry graphical user interface Described is a data entry graphical user interface (GUI) system for facilitating entry of incontinence product information by a consumer. The data entry GUI system includes several layered interfaces that may be accessed in sequence and/or at discretion by a user. E... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299415 | Method and apparatus for providing help information in multiple formats A system and method that provides help information pertaining a process entity, such as a process device, in a number of different formats presents a first display template that enables a user to request the help information in a first format such as a DDHelp format... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287215 | System and method for facilitating the design of a website A system and method for designing web pages that enables web designers to place hyperlinks to web pages independent of any hierarchical relationship between the pages of the website. A link bar element is provided within a description of the website. The link bar el... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284191 | Meta-document management system with document identifiers A personality that identifies enrichment themes of a document is associated with a reading or mobile computing device. In one embodiment, a personality is associated with a document reference reading device and attached to each document reference recorded by the doc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7263522 | System and method for user adaptive software interface In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for providing an adaptive computer user interface. The method may comprise the steps of: monitoring operating system events associated with input from a user to generate a series of operating system ev... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260789 | Method of real-time incremental zooming a method for navigating a pointer on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes the steps of: scrolling an input device to locate the pointer corresponding to the input device on a point of interest within the GUI, depressing an actuating button associated with the i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237195 | Notification method and notification device Information is quickly offered to users who require the information. In a system in which questions and answers are exchanged, when a given user other than the questioner becomes interested in a question, the user requests a notification server 1 to present t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7185288 | Operator interface module segmented by function in an automatic clinical analyzer A method for displaying the status of a clinical analyzer on an operator interface in a manner that minimizes the effort required by the operator to access pertinent data. In one aspect the method includes displaying routine and non-routine information about the ope... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7162717 | Compressed file patcher Content concerning a desired topic is loaded from the compressed file into a frame. An attempt is made to access an updated content file concerning the desired topic outside of the compressed file, and load it into another frame. If the attempt is successful, the up... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158965 | Method and apparatus for providing help content corresponding to the occurrence of an event within a computer A method and apparatus are provided for displaying help content corresponding to the occurrence of an event occurring within a computer. An alert help data file is periodically downloaded at a client computer. When a program alert occurs within a client computer, th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134088 | Method and system for providing tactical information during crisis situations A computer-based method and system for storing and retrieving tactical information pertaining to a site during crisis situations. The method and system provides a graphical user interface comprising a computer screen display and a selection device wherein a user may... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117432 | Meta-document management system with transit triggered enrichment In a document enrichment system, device buttons can be programmed to associate a number of personalities to the buttons on the device. These associations may be stored locally on the device. When the device with the programmed personality is activated on the device,... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7082571 | Map display method, map display device and map display system A map display method, a map display device and a map display system which improve visibility by changing its display mode when a map is to be displayed on the screen. A predetermined map is displayed on the screen, a route is specified on the map displayed on the sc... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069509 | Using introspection for access of class resource bundle information for messages Using introspection for access to class resource bundle information for the display and update of pairs of related graphical user interface (“GUI”) panels. In preferred embodiments, a Java resource bundle is provided with a first array containing pairs of key st... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7043691 | Method and apparatus for assisting a user to make a connection between a main device and a peripheral device A method and apparatus are provided for assisting a user to make a connection between a main device and peripheral device. An illustration visually demonstrating how to connect one or more peripheral devices to the main device is displayed on a display screen. In on... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024626 | System and method of producing user interface information messages A system and method for producing notification objects conveying computer warning or error notification information to a computer user is provided. The notification objects point to a target to which the information contained therein relates and are persistent until... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023973 | Dual-band modem and service A communications device, method and service are provided that integrate broadband and dial-up internet access in a seamless service package. A modem is provided that combines both broadband and dial-up connectivity in a single device. The modem includes an auto-sens... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6976067 | Method and apparatus for providing entitlement information for interactive support A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for providing real-time user support. Monitoring is performed for a user input selecting a particular option on a desktop in the data processing system. In response to detecting the user input, a request is generated fo... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973620 | Method and apparatus for providing user support based on contextual information A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for providing user support. In response to a user input requesting real-time user support for an application, a request is generated for the real-time user support, wherein the request includes context information regar... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6920612 | Systems and methods for providing dedicated help services in a graphical user interface-based computer application A method for providing help services in a graphical user interface-based computer application includes providing a first display portion and a second display portion. The first display portion provides standard application services and the second display portion pro... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920613 | Video/text bi-directional linkage for software fault clearance applications A fault clearance system and method for a graphical user interface. The system includes a plurality of video objects, each video object corresponding to a respective fault of a reprographic or printing system. Each video object further includes a plurality of video ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6871322 | Method and apparatus for providing user support through an intelligent help agent A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for providing user support. In response to receiving a request of real-time user support from a user, the request is placed in a service queue for processing. Prior actions taken by the user are identified. Access is se... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6857103 | Flexible help support in an object oriented application A “helpHelper” bean is attached (using the VisualAge visual editor) to a panel for which help is to be provided. The custom editor for the helpHelper bean brings up the target panel, along with a help editor panel that shows which component of the target panel i... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6845486 | User support method and user support apparatus User support method and user support apparatus for facilitating a user to find desired information from an enormous size of Web sites in a user friendly manner so as to make efficient use thereof. A front processor functions at a level of interface with a user. A mi... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6694308 | System and method for user adaptive software interface In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method for providing an adaptive computer user interface. The method may comprise the steps of: monitoring operating system events associated with input from a user to generate a series of operatin... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6691159 | Web-based method and system for providing assistance to computer users The system provides an integrated approach to providing users of the computer system with education, information and computer assisted help on a specific subject, problem or a project. The system further offers flexibility in providing direct human intera... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6683623 | System and method for providing and accessing educational information over a computer network A web site provides educational information over a computer network such as the Internet. The web site includes a plurality of web pages that can be displayed by the user. The web pages have a particular construction and content to facilitate review by th... | 01/27/2004 |
