HELP CENTER AND PRINT CENTER APPLICATIONS
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Abstract
Various disclosed help center features provide help to a user without a staffed help center, provide help to a user before the user recognizes the need, or create targeted commerce opportunities for a provider of goods or services. One help center feature provides a user with help that is specifically related to a component in the user'"'"'s computer system and that is supplied to the help center feature by the component manufacturer. Another help center feature detects a condition that degrades performance, and hence user satisfaction, and alerts the user. Another help center feature detects an attempt by a computer system to inform the user of degraded performance and offers the user a solution. Another help center feature provides a user with a commerce opportunity specifically related to a component in the user'"'"'s computer system and/or to the user'"'"'s geographic location.
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165 Claims
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1-146. -146. (canceled)
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147. A method of providing service for a computer hardware component, the method comprising:
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receiving, using at least one processor, an indication of an action taken on the computer system by a user of the computer system, the action relating to the hardware component of the computer system; accessing, based on the indication, data that identifies a first manufacturer of a first type of hardware components and a second manufacturer of the first type of hardware components, the second manufacturer being different from the first manufacturer; selecting, based on the accessed data, the first manufacturer or the second manufacturer; and enabling display, based on the selection of the first manufacturer or the second manufacturer, an interface that is tailored to the selected first manufacturer or second manufacturer and that enables access to service for the hardware component corresponding to the selected first manufacturer or second manufacturer. - View Dependent Claims (148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163)
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164. A method of providing service for a computer hardware component, the method comprising:
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receiving, using at least one processor, an indication of an action taken on the computer system by a user of the computer system, the action relating to the hardware component of the computer system; steps for accessing, based on the indication, data that identifies a first manufacturer of a first type of hardware components and a second manufacturer of the first type of hardware components, the second manufacturer being different from the first manufacturer; selecting, based on the accessed data, the first manufacturer or the second manufacturer; and enabling display, based on the selection of the first manufacturer or the second manufacturer, an interface that is tailored to the selected first manufacturer or second manufacturer and that enables access to service for the hardware component corresponding to the selected first manufacturer or second manufacturer.
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165. A method of providing service for a computer hardware component, the method comprising:
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receiving, using at least one processor, an indication of an action taken on the computer system by a user of the computer system, the action relating to the hardware component of the computer system; accessing, based on the indication, data that identifies a first manufacturer of a first type of hardware components and a second manufacturer of the first type of hardware components, the second manufacturer being different from the first manufacturer; steps for selecting, based on the accessed data, the first manufacturer or the second manufacturer; and enabling display, based on the selection of the first manufacturer or the second manufacturer, an interface that is tailored to the selected first manufacturer or second manufacturer and that enables access to service for the hardware component corresponding to the selected first manufacturer or second manufacturer.
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