Integrated wizard user interface
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1. A display, comprising:
- an application display panel; and
prompting information displayed on the application display panel to guide a user of the application display panel, responsive to a request by the user for guidance, wherein the display of the prompting information causes areas of the display panel, except for an area corresponding to the prompting information, to become visually subdued.
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Abstract
An integrated wizard user interface displays information in an improved manner. Visual cues are selectively applied to a user interface panel, serving to de-emphasize the panel content presented in those portions. In preferred embodiments, the visual cues comprise translucent shading which “overlays” portions of the panel. The user'"'"'s attention is thereby directed toward the non-shaded area, and guidance corresponding to the non-shaded area is presented for assisting the user in interacting with information in that area. The user can thereby receive guidance in the context of the same panel he will use later, when he does not require guidance.
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1. A display, comprising:
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an application display panel; and
prompting information displayed on the application display panel to guide a user of the application display panel, responsive to a request by the user for guidance, wherein the display of the prompting information causes areas of the display panel, except for an area corresponding to the prompting information, to become visually subdued. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of presenting a graphical user interface (“
- GUI”
) including user guidance, comprising steps of;
displaying a GUI of an executing application program;
receiving a request, from a user of the executing application program, to provide guidance in interacting therewith; and
responsive to receiving the request, performing steps of;
appending prompting information to the displayed GUI, wherein the prompting information corresponds to a particular portion of the displayed GUI; and
visually subduing other portions of the displayed GUI. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A system for displaying information in an improved manner on a graphical user interface (“
- GUI”
), comprising;
an executing application program;
a GUI of the executing application program;
means for displaying the GUI of the executing application program;
means for receiving a request, from a user of the executing application program, to provide guidance in interacting therewith; and
responsive to receiving the request, means for executing;
means for appending prompting information to the displayed GUI, wherein the prompting information corresponds to a particular portion of the displayed GUI; and
means for visually subduing other portions of the displayed GUI. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for presenting user guidance, the computer program product embodied on one or more computer-readable media and comprising:
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computer-readable program code means for displaying a display panel of an executing application program;
computer-readable program code means for receiving a request, from a user of the executing application program, to provide guidance in interacting with the displayed display panel;
computer-readable program code means, responsive to receiving the request, for causing operation of;
computer-readable program code means for appending prompting information to the displayed display panel, wherein the prompting information corresponds to a particular portion of the displayed display panel; and
computer-readable program code means for visually de-emphasizing other portions of the displayed display panel. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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