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.
%0 Generic
%1 BaldwinG99b
%A Baldwin, Wayne Ross
%A Gaitatzes, Athanasios
%D 1999
%K imported
%N 5877757
%T Method and System for Providing User Help Information in Network
Applications
%U http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5877757.html
%X 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.
@patent{BaldwinG99b,
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.},
added-at = {2011-10-14T11:53:35.000+0200},
author = {Baldwin, Wayne Ross and Gaitatzes, Athanasios},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dde36494dc7fafa4be90845fb931d274/gaitat},
institution = {IBM},
interhash = {a68fd255f1fa7040a4c108b204638802},
intrahash = {dde36494dc7fafa4be90845fb931d274},
keywords = {imported},
number = 5877757,
timestamp = {2011-10-14T11:53:36.000+0200},
title = {{Method and System for Providing User Help Information in Network
Applications}},
url = {http://www.patentgenius.com/patent/5877757.html},
year = 1999
}