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5627958 System and method for improved computer-based training  
The present invention includes a computer-based training system (CBT) having one or more Application Translation Units (ATUs), a message engine, and a script engine. For one or more target...
5621903 Method and apparatus for deducing user intent and providing computer implemented services  
A method for deducing user intent and providing computer implemented services characterized by the steps of: a) noticing a significant new event occurring within the computer system; b) deducing an...
5602996 Method and apparatus for determining window order when one of multiple displayed windows is selected  
The display system includes at least one central processing unit (CPU) which is coupled through appropriate input/output (I/O) circuitry to input devices, such as a keyboard, digital pad, mouse...
5581684 Application-external help system for a windowing user interface  
Context sensitive help is provided by an application-external help system for a windowing environment. The help system is application-external in that it operates without the cooperation of an...
5581797 Method and apparatus for displaying hierarchical information of a large software system  
An interactive method and apparatus for displaying structure, statistics, and characteristics of large software systems, i.e. of more than one million lines of code. This method and apparatus...
5563805 Multimedia context-sensitive real-time-help mechanism for use in a data processing system  
A method and apparatus for providing assistance to a user in a distributed data processing system. The distributed data processing system includes a plurality of applications and has a multiple...
5546521 Dynamic presentation of contextual help and status information  
A method and apparatus of displaying contextual help or status information to the user of a computer system in a graphical user interface. When a help facility is enabled, the system determines the...
5513308 Device and method for determining a series of operations for interactive assistance  
An operator guide device is constructed to detect guidance needed by the user with an inputted key word request. The key word is extracted from the request, referenced by a corresponding table, and...
5483632 Method and system of help-information control  
A method of help-information control for displaying help information on a display unit of an information processing system executing a plurality of application programs. A status management table...
5483633 Method and apparatus for surfacing an object based upon forthcoming criteria  
A user can specify search criteria which will occur in the future in order to have an object on a data processing system automatically surfaced to a user interface. Once the search criteria is...
5479536 Stroke syntax input device  
A pointing device-driven interface apparatus and method for enabling a user to enter data (in the form of options) into a computer system. User data files are maintained which indicate the relative...
5471575 Interactive parameter driven iterative financial spreadsheet analysis with context and layout sensitive help screen  
A financial analysis system for mathematically modeling an investment on a computer provides an improved computer user interface and a help method for teaching a user how to use the analysis system...
5434963 Method and system of help-information control method and system  
A method of help-information control for displaying help information on a display unit of an information processing system executing a plurality of application programs. A status management table...
5428733 Method of calculating dimensions and positioning of rectangular balloons  
An iterative method for calculating and positioning a rectangular balloon containing information in an interactive environment with sensitive areas. A balloon is positioned near, but not...
5388251 Help display system for a computer  
A display for use in a computer, for example a word processor or a personal computer, includes a device for forming a help message on the display. The help message can provide help when an error...
5388198 Proactive presentation of automating features to a computer user  
A system for proactively automating the use of a computer comprises a central processing unit (CPU), an input device, a display device and memory including a set of feature templates, context...
5367627 Computer-assisted parts sales method  
A computerized system provides a salesperson with assistance related to training and sales of parts corresponding to particular products. More particularly, a computerized system incorporating a...
5361672 Electronic musical instrument with help key for displaying the function of designated keys  
When a switch is activated while a help switch for designating a help operation is activated, the explanation of a function assigned to the activated switch during a current operation mode is...
5349518 Method and apparatus for symbolic ladder logic programming with automatic attachment of addresses  
The present invention discloses a method of identifying elements in a plurality of data table files of a programmable logic controller using symbols to represent the addresses thereof. This, and...
5317688 Software agent used to provide instruction to a user for a plurality of computer applications  
A computing system includes an application object, a computer based training instruction object ("INSTRUCTION object") and an agent engine. The INSTRUCTION object runs concurrently with the...
5310349 Instructional management system  
A virtual school user interface running on networked personal computers for providing administrative and instructional functions to users in a scholastic environment. A user selects among grouped...
5287448 Method and apparatus for providing help information to users of computers  
A method for presenting help messages to a user in an interactive computer environment in which a help mode operates concurrently with other programs operating in the computer system. The user...
5280573 Document processing support system using keywords to retrieve explanatory information linked together by correlative arcs  
Method and apparatus are provided for editing input information. Input information is received from an input means (1) from which a keyword is selected for editing purposes. A low level record is...
5187797 Machine interface system with hierarchal menus allowing user sequencing and selection of menu items by actuation of three switches  
A user interface, typically to an irrigation controller, prompts user responses by asking questions. The questions are hierarchally organized, preferably in a hierarchal tree having approximately...
5179657 Panel definition language for computer display  
Each panel or display screen of data, is defined by a title and the tagged description of the objects, such as instruction lines, data entry lines, menu areas and command lines. Each of these...
5179654 Help provision in a data processing system  
Help is provided to the user of a data processing system having a work station, including a display, and input means including a visible on-screen indicator and a selection means, in response to a...
5175812 System for providing help information during a help mode based on selected operation controls and a current-state of the system  
A system for displaying "help" information concerning the functioning of the controls of an electronic system. A "help" control is provided which, when operated, places the system in a "help" mode....
5157768 Method and apparatus for displaying context sensitive help information on a display  
A central processing unit (CPU) is coupled to a display for displaying graphic and other data. The CPU is further coupled to a cursor control device which permits a user to selectively position a...
5124908 User interactive expert machine controller  
A machine controller apparatus provides simple, effective, efficient and reliable control operation, facilitates repair and periodic maintenance and eliminates the need for either an operating...
5042006 Method of and circuit arrangement for guiding a user of a communication or data terminal  
Visual and/or audible user prompts are adaptively provided to different users of a public video phone terminal (or other data or communication terminal) on the basis of user data which is...
5040132 System for preparing shipping documents  
A system for preparing shipping documents includes a processor, a keyboard, a display, a memory and a printer. Associated with the printer are a single sheet feeder, a batch feeder and an endless...
4992972 Flexible context searchable on-line information system with help files and modules for on-line computer system documentation  
On-line documentation for an application program resides in a number of help modules. A display file for the application program specifies command panels to be displayed. The command panel...
4964077 Method for automatically adjusting help information displayed in an online interactive system  
An 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...
4864530 Display system for a compact electronic apparatus  
An electronic apparatus such as a compact computer stores a certain set of information which is useful in its operation such as a list of character codes and corresponding characters or the names...
4742473 Finite element modeling system  
A Finite Element Analysis system having intelligent, interactive user interface features allows engineers without specialized knowledge in mathematical modeling to easily and interactively solve...
4648062 Method for providing an on line help facility for interactive information handling systems  
A method to help and displace Help Panels containing information to explain Command Functions, Command Syntax, and Command Parameters to the operator of an interactive information handling system...
4454592 Prompt line display in a word processing system  
The specification discloses a word processing system having a keyboard (10), a display (20), a processor (14) and a random access memory (22) for storing data and programs. The display (20)...
4365314 Electronic accounting machine with split display  
In an electronic accounting machine, a single line display shows both guiding messages entered by the programs of the machine and reply messages entered by an operator through a keyboard. The...
4330845 Guess-ahead feature for a keyboard-display terminal data input system  
A guess-ahead feature for an interactive terminal having a keyboard and a display screen where input data is entered via the keyboard and displayed. Means are provided for continually evaluating...
4079449 Display apparatus for a biprogrammable accounting computer with operator guidance  
A visual display for an electronic accounting computer comprising a keyboard and a console. The computer concurrently executes two programs. The console is provided with a changeover switch for...
3573749 OPERATOR GUIDANCE AND CONTROL TERMIANL  
A display and control terminal which in response to operator initiation is utilized to display operator guidance information and control the insertion of data in conformity with the displayed...
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