Device, system, and method for creating interactive guidance with execution of operations

• US 20100205529A1
• Filed: 02/09/2009
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kryon Systems Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kryon Systems Ltd.
• Inventors: Butin, Emma Noya, Keinan, Oren
• Application Number:
  US12/320,907
• Publication Number:
  US 20100205529A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/704
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

Device, system, and method for creating interactive guidance with execution of operations. For example, a method of creating interactive guidance intended to be presented to a user of a computerized application includes: receiving a user action entered through an input device with respect to said computerized application; adding to an interactive guidance script associated with said computerized application an indication of said user action, the indication associated with an imitated user action intended to be executed upon playback of said interactive guidance script; and storing the interactive guidance script in a repository of interactive guidance scripts.

Claims

1. A method of creating interactive guidance intended to be presented to a user of a computerized application, the method comprising:

receiving a user action entered through an input device with respect to said computerized application;

adding to an interactive guidance script associated with said computerized application an indication of said user action, the indication associated with an imitated user action intended to be executed upon playback of said interactive guidance script; and

storing the interactive guidance script in a repository of interactive guidance scripts.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the user action comprises at least one of:

receiving a mouse movement;

receiving a mouse click; and

receiving a press of one or more keyboard keys.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

storing data for presentation of at least one of;

a guide-bubble including guidance in association with a screen of said computerized application;

an audio clip including guidance in association with said screen of said computerized application; and

a video clip including guidance in associated with said screen of said computerized application.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

adding to said interactive guidance script a call to another interactive guidance script.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising:

adding to said interactive guidance script a check whether or not a statement holds true as a condition to execution of said interactive guidance script.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising:

adding to said interactive guidance script a command to jump from a first location of said interactive guidance script to a second location of said interactive guidance script.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

adding to said interactive guidance script a command to validate data received from said user during the playing of said interactive guidance script.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein adding comprises at least one of:

performing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on a display showing said computerized application to determine a location of a textual item on which a script action is performed; and

performing image recognition on said display showing said computerized application to determine a location of a graphical item on which a script action is performed.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising:

based on a received user input, modifying said interactive guidance script subsequent to initial creation of said interactive guidance script.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein storing in the repository comprises at least one of:

storing the interactive guidance script in a server which is remotely accessible to one or more users of said computerized application; and

storing the interactive guidance script in a storage unit which is accessible locally to a user of said computerized application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the computerized application comprises an application selected from the group consisting of:

an application capable of running on a computer,

an application capable of running on a mobile phone,

an application capable of running on a mobile computing device,

an application capable of running on a handheld computing device,

an Operating System,

an application capable of running on a gaming console,

an application capable of running on a gaming device, and

an application capable of running on an electronic device having a User Interface (UI).

12. A system for creating interactive guidance intended to be presented to a user of a computerized application, the system comprising:

a script recorder to receive a user action entered through an input device with respect to said computerized application;

to add to an interactive guidance script associated with said computerized application an indication of said user action, the indication associated with an imitated user action intended to be executed upon playback of said interactive guidance script; and

to store the interactive guidance script in a repository of interactive guidance scripts.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to receive at least one of:

a mouse movement;

a mouse click; and

a press of one or more keyboard keys.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to create data for presentation of at least one of:

a guide-bubble including guidance in association with a screen of said computerized application;

an audio clip including guidance in association with said screen of said computerized application; and

a video clip including guidance in associated with said screen of said computerized application.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to add to said interactive guidance script a call to another interactive guidance script.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to add to said interactive guidance script a check whether or not a statement holds true as a condition to execution of said interactive guidance script.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to add to said interactive guidance script a command to jump from a first location of said interactive guidance script to a second location of said interactive guidance script.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to add to said interactive guidance script a command to validate data received from said user during the playing of said interactive guidance script.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on a display showing said computerized application to determine a location of a textual item on which a script action is performed;

and to perform image recognition on said display showing said computerized application to determine a location of a graphical item on which a script action is performed.

20. The system of claim 12, comprising:

a script editor adapted to modify said interactive guidance script, based on user input, subsequent to initial creation of said interactive guidance script.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein the script recorder is to store the interactive guidance script in at least one of:

a server which is remotely accessible to one or more users of said computerized application; and

a storage unit which is accessible locally to a user of said computerized application.

22. The system of claim 12, wherein the computerized application comprises an application selected from the group consisting of:

an application capable of running on a computer,

an application capable of running on a mobile phone,

an application capable of running on a mobile computing device,

an application capable of running on a handheld computing device,

an Operating System,

an application capable of running on a gaming console,

an application capable of running on a gaming device, and

an application capable of running on an electronic device having a User Interface (UI).