Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – Help presentation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-14
2006-02-14
Huynh, Ba (Department: 2179)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
Help presentation
C715S808000, C715S708000, C715S715000, C715S709000, C715S711000, C715S841000, C715S842000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07000187
ABSTRACT:
Support and training are provided for a user in operating a software application. A list of task indications are coupled to a GUI window. A graphical overlay is positioned on top of the GUI window and coupled to it. A sequence of instructions associated with a respective task is displayed in the graphical overlay upon selection of a task indication by the user. Each instruction directs attention to a respective selectable graphical area in the GUI window. The user operates a selector coupled to the GUI window, where after selecting a task, the selector is used to select graphical areas in response to the sequence of instructions. Recorded voice files or a text-to-speech synthesizer may be coupled to the sequence of instructions, whereby the instruction being displayed is simultaneously presented audibly to the user. A user's selection of one or more selectable graphical areas in a sequence before his or her selection of a task containing that sequence may result in a list of possible tasks being performed being highlighted automatically. The support and training are well suited for operating a computer controlling a system such as a data communication network, where the tasks displayed in the list of task indications are user-privilege specific.
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Messinger Frederic P.
Nevin Bruce E.
Cisco Technology Inc.
Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds P.C.
Huynh Ba
Tran Mylinh
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