Method and system for displaying a quicktip

摘要

A method for displaying a quicktip that includes obtaining a pointer position, determining a field closest to the pointer position, determining the quicktip for the field, and displaying the quicktip, wherein the quicktip that includes a precept for data associated with the field.

主权项

1. A method for displaying a plurality of dynamic quicktip bubbles for a plurality of users, wherein each of the plurality of dynamic quicktip bubbles is displayed within a tax form of a computer system, the method comprising:
obtaining a first pointer position on the tax form used by a first user of the plurality of users; determining a governed field on the tax form closest to the first pointer position, wherein the governed field requires content constrained by a government rule, wherein the government rule is created by a tax authority; generating, using a computer processor, a first dynamic quicktip bubble of the plurality of dynamic quicktip bubbles for the governed field, wherein generating the first dynamic quicktip bubble comprises:
gathering first user entered data from a previously-entered field,
wherein the first user entered data represents a first tax profile of the first user,wherein the first tax profile of the first user dictates a first content of the governed field, andwherein the governed field and the previously-entered field are distinct fields,creating a first tip for the governed field by applying the government rule to the first tax profile of the first user, wherein the first tip provides first advice as to the first content of the governed field based on the first tax profile, andplacing the first tip within the first dynamic quicktip bubble; displaying the first dynamic quicktip bubble showing the first tip; and generating for a second user of the plurality of users a second dynamic quicktip bubble of the plurality of quicktip bubbles for the governed field,
wherein the second dynamic quicktip bubble comprises a second tip providing second advice as to a second content for the governed field based on a second tax profile,wherein the second tip is created by applying the government rule to the second tax profile,wherein the second tax profile comprises second user entered data, entered by the second user into the previously-entered field, and wherein the first advice provided in the first tip is different from the second advice provided in the second tip.