Abstract: Proactive and dynamic assistance is provided to a user of a computer system. In particular, the present invention provides a navigation model that integrates help information, task guide information, interactive wizard information or other user assistance information, for example, into a single user assistance system. Additionally, code for the user assistance system is maintained separately from code for an application program for the computer system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 23, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2001
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation