Method for automatically adjusting help information displayed in an online interactive system
October 16, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesDialog user error diagnosis, severity, and help technique Method for providing an on line help facility for interactive information handling systems Video game apparatus with automatically adjusting timing window Video game apparatus with automatic skill level adjustment Automatic replay control system and method for amusement devices Editing system of educational program for a computer assisted instruction system Multilingual processing for screen image build and command decode in a word processor, with full command, message and help support Method and apparatus for assisting user of information retrieval systems Video merchandising system with variable and adoptive product sequence presentation order On-line documentation facility Patent #: 4800485 InventorsApplicationNo. 104922 filed on 10/06/1987US Classes:715/707, Adaptive to user skill level434/118, COMPUTER LOGIC, OPERATION, OR PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTION715/708Context sensitiveExaminersPrimary: Lee, Thomas C.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 003/14AbstractAn improvement is disclosed to the conventional field related help/dialog facility in an interactive data entry data processing system. The improvement comprises a technique for tracking the number of times a user has invoked a help/dialog function, comparing that number to a threshold value and then displaying less help/dialog information to the user from that point on. Additionally, the application tracks the number of elapsed days since a functional area has been used. Once the number of elapsed days reaches a threshold, the user is reset to a status in which all the help/dialog information is once again displayed. This is accomplished by building a data base of help/dialogs which are uniquely addressed by the functional area and skill level of the individual user.Other References
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