Method for visually indicating the quality of on-screen help messages
First Claim
1. A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the data processing system with a visual indication of a quality of a first feature of an on-screen help message, the method comprising:
- generating a graphical help interface as a visual indication of a quality of the first feature of the on-screen help message; and
displaying the graphical help interface in a display window associated with the on-screen help message.
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Abstract
A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the system with a visual indication of a quality of one or more features of an on-screen help message (e.g., a usefulness, an importance, or a content level of the message). The method involves a generation of a graphical help interface (e.g., a graphical indicator of usefulness within a button)) to visually indicate the quality of the feature(s) of the on-screen help message, and a display of the graphical help interface in a display window associated with the on-screen help message. The method can further involve a customization to the user by the data processing system of one or more of the features of the on-screen help message that are visually indicated by the graphical user interface, and/or one or more additional features of the on-screen help message that are not visually indicated by the graphical user interface.
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24 Claims
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1. A method in a data processing system for providing a user of the data processing system with a visual indication of a quality of a first feature of an on-screen help message, the method comprising:
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generating a graphical help interface as a visual indication of a quality of the first feature of the on-screen help message; and
displaying the graphical help interface in a display window associated with the on-screen help message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform operations to visually indicate a quality of a first feature of an on-screen help message, the operations comprising:
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generating a graphical help interface as a visual indication of a quality of the first feature of the on-screen help message; and
displaying the graphical help interface in a display window associated with the on-screen help message. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A data processing system, comprising:
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a display;
a processor; and
memory storing instructions operable with the processor for visually indicating a quality of a first feature of an on-screen help message, the instructions being executed for;
generating a graphical help interface as a visual indication of a quality of the first feature of the on-screen help message; and
displaying the graphical help interface in a display window associated with the on-screen help message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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