System to provide instructional information
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1. A user interface for providing instructional information, comprising:
- instructional text describing a plurality of steps to perform a task; and
a plurality of alternative media indicators, each of the plurality of alternative media indicators associated with one or more of the plurality of steps and selectable to cause presentation of an alternative media presentation instructing performance of the associated one or more of the plurality of steps.
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Abstract
A system to provide instructional information includes presentation of instructional text describing a plurality of steps to perform a task and a plurality of alternative media indicators each associated with one or more of the plurality of steps. Moreover, after reception of a selection of one of the plurality of alternative media indicators, an alternative media presentation instructing performance of the one or more of the plurality of steps associated with the selected alternative media indicator is presented.
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1. A user interface for providing instructional information, comprising:
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instructional text describing a plurality of steps to perform a task; and
a plurality of alternative media indicators, each of the plurality of alternative media indicators associated with one or more of the plurality of steps and selectable to cause presentation of an alternative media presentation instructing performance of the associated one or more of the plurality of steps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A user interface for providing instructional information, comprising:
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a search interface for allowing input of search terms, for presenting a plurality of search results, and for allowing selection one of the plurality of search results; and
an instructional interface for presenting instructional text and an alternative media indicator associated with an alternative media presentation, wherein, after selection of the one of the plurality of search results, the plurality of search results and the instructional interface are presented simultaneously, the simultaneously presented instructional interface comprising instructional text and an alternative media indicator corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of search results. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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12. An apparatus for providing instructional information, comprising:
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an output device for presenting information;
an input device for receiving information;
a processor; and
a memory storing processor-executable process steps, wherein the processor executes the processor-executable process steps;
to present, using the output device, instructional text describing a plurality of steps to perform a task, and a plurality of alternative media indicators, each of the plurality of alternative media indicators associated with one or more of the plurality of steps;
to receive, using the input device, a selection of one of the plurality of alternative media indicators; and
to present, using the output device, an alternative media presentation instructing performance of the one or more of the plurality of steps associated with the selected alternative media indicator.
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15. An apparatus for providing instructional information, comprising:
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an output device for presenting information;
an input device for receiving information;
a processor; and
a memory storing processor-executable process steps, wherein the processor executes the processor-executable process steps;
to present, using the output device, a search interface for inputting search terms, for presenting a plurality of search results, and for allowing selection of one of the plurality of search results, and an instructional interface for presenting instructional text and an alternative media indicator associated with an alternative media presentation;
to receive, using the input device, a selection of the one of the plurality of search results; and
, after the selection is received, to present, using the output device, the plurality of search results and the instructional interface simultaneously, the simultaneously presented instructional interface comprising instructional text and an alternative media indicator corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of search results.
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23. A method for providing instructional information, comprising:
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presenting instructional text describing a plurality of steps to perform a task, and a plurality of alternative media indicators, each of the plurality of alternative media indicators associated with one or more of the plurality of steps;
receiving a selection of one of the plurality of alternative media indicators, and presenting an alternative media presentation instructing performance of the one or more of the plurality of steps associated with the selected alternative media indicator.
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26. A method for providing instructional information, comprising:
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presenting a search interface for inputting search terms, for presenting a plurality of search results, and for allowing selection of one of the plurality of search results, and an instructional interface for presenting instructional text and an alternative media indicator associated with an alternative media presentation;
receiving a selection of the one of the plurality of search results, and presenting, after the selection is received, the plurality of search results and the instructional interface simultaneously, the simultaneously presented instructional interface comprising instructional text and an alternative media indicator corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of search results.
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34. A computer-readable medium storing processor-executable process steps to provide instructional information, the process steps comprising:
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a presenting step to present instructional text describing a plurality of steps to perform a task, and a plurality of alternative media indicators, each of the plurality of alternative media indicators associated with one or more of the plurality of steps;
a receiving step to receive a selection of one of the plurality of alternative media indicators; and
a presenting step to present an alternative media presentation instructing performance of the one or more of the plurality of steps associated with the selected alternative media indicator.
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37. A computer-readable medium storing processor-executable process steps to provide instructional information, the process steps comprising:
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a presenting step to present a search interface for inputting search terms, for presenting a plurality of search results, and for allowing selection of one of the plurality of search results, and an instructional interface for presenting instructional text and an alternative media indicator associated with an alternative media presentation;
a receiving step to receive a selection of the one of the plurality of search results, and a presenting step to present, after the selection is received, the plurality of search results and the instructional interface simultaneously, the simultaneously presented instructional interface comprising instructional text and an alternative media indicator corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of search results.
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