发明名称 Help provision in a data processing system
摘要 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 entry.
申请公布号 US5179654(A) 申请公布日期 1993.01.12
申请号 US19910790840 申请日期 1991.11.12
申请人 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 发明人 RICHARDS, JUSTIN J. C.;WILLIAMS, KENNETH
分类号 G06F3/023;G06F3/048;G06F9/44 主分类号 G06F3/023
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