Help provision in a data processing system
CA 1319755 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Richards, Justin James; Williams, Kenneth
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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 request, from the user information on the current state of the system is used to address a store of hierarchical help text information thereby, providing contextual help text which is displayed in a separate window on the display screen alongside information related to the task in hand, A help map function is available which displays concurrently separately from the help text, a portion of a hierarchical map of the stored help text to be replaced by new help text corresponding to the selected map …
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- Granted June 29, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 29, 2010.
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