Method and system for providing user help information in network

Details Method and system for providing user help information in network Method and system for providing user help information in network

1997-05-23

1999-03-02

Katbab, A.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display driving control circuitry

Controlling the condition of display elements

707501, G06F 300

Patent

active

058777571

ABSTRACT:
A method and system are disclosed for providing help-data in association with applications launched from a network, such that the applications are displayed within a window of a graphical user interface. Initially, an application is selected from among a number of applications, which are constructed from data generated at a server located within the network. Next, help-data associated with that application is identified. Thereafter, the identified help-data is automatically converted to hypertext data if the identified help-data is derived from a native format other than hypertext format. Hypertext links associated with the identified help-data are then automatically displayed within a window of the graphical user interface. Thereafter, the help-data is automatically displayed within a window of the graphical user interface as a hypertext document, in response to an invocation of the hypertext link by a user of the application. Thus, the hypertext links associated with the identified help-data can be presented to the user in the form of a table and in a graphical user interface window other than the graphical user interface window in which the application is displayed.

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