Interactive application assistance, such as for web applications

A technology that assists information and users. It is applied in the network field and can solve problems such as increasing interference points and confusing UI design.

Active Publication Date: 2011-10-12
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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The additional problem with this technique is that for complex pages, the help icon adds a distraction and generally clutters up an otherwise clean UI design

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[0012] Described herein is an application assistance system that provides an on-demand canonical UI that quickly allows users to learn actions exhibited by applications such as websites. An application assistance system is a pattern and method that refers a user of a site / application via a set of possible actions on a page by providing known prompt calls. These hints, when activated, can be provided by visually focusing light on a specific area of ​​the page (eg, fading out the rest of the page), while preserving the data the user has already entered (ie, keeping its context intact). A tooltip or pop-up dialog describing the action / task the user is trying to accomplish to show the actions / tasks the user can take on the page. Additionally, the system may include a guided tour that presents task panes that support non-linear access to the various steps of the task the system is interpreting. In some embodiments, the system provides a general system for allowing the user to view...

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Disclosed is an interactive application assistance, such as for web applications. An application assistance system is described herein that provides an on-demand canonical user interface that can quickly allow a user to learn the actions exposed by an application, such as a web site. The application assistance system is a pattern and method for guiding the user of a site / application through a set of possible actions on a page by providing a well-known invocation of hints. These hints show the actions / tasks that a user can take on a page by visually spotlighting a specific area of the page and providing a tooltip or pop-up dialog that describes the action / task the user is trying to complete while preserving the data the user has already entered. The system also provides a task pane that supports randomly accessing various steps of a task the system is explaining. Thus, the system makes it much easier for a user to learn to use an application.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of network technology, in particular to interactive application assistance for web applications. Background technique [0002] The Internet is filled with many different types of content, such as text, audio, and so on. Many sources produce content, such as traditional media stores (eg, news sites), personal bloggers, retail stores, product manufacturers, and the like. Some websites aggregate information from other sites. For example, using Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds, website authors make content consumable by other sites or users, and syndication sites can consume various RSS feeds to provide syndicated content. [0003] Web applications / sites are becoming increasingly rich in both functionality and the sophistication of user interfaces (UIs) for exposing that functionality. In the early days of the web, most web pages were merely slight variations of each other, providing mostly textual information for...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30G06F3/048
CPCG06F9/453G06F3/0481G06F3/0482G06F3/0484
Inventor A·M·霍顿D·J·阿马拉尔D·R·索普M·K·H·库什纳
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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