USER SPECIFIC HELP

• US 20140181651A1
• Filed: 12/20/2012
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Stuart Masakazu, Huang, Ritchie Winson, Vaghefinazari, Pedram
• Application Number:
  US13/723,121
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181651A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A help module provides help content to a user by determining an application for which help should be presented. In one embodiment, the user requests help for a particular application and the help module determines the application for which help should be presented based on the received request. Alternatively, the help module selects an application from a pre-determined list of applications as the application for which help should be presented. The help module retrieves user data for the determined application and generates help content that includes at least part of the retrieved user data. The generated help is then transmitted by the help module for presentation to the user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing help content, the method comprising:

determining an application in a vehicle for which help should be presented;

retrieving user data for the determined application, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the determined application;

generating help content for the determined application, the generated help content including at least a part of the user data; and

transmitting the generated help content for presentation to the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the application for which help should be presented comprises selecting the application from a pre-determined list of applications.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user data is data provided by a user of the determined application.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user data is not generic data relevant to every user of the determined application.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising

receiving a request for help for the application from the user;

wherein

determining an application for which help should be presented comprises determining the application based on the received request.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the help content is presented to the user as audio content.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the help content is presented to the user as visual content.

8. A computer program product for providing help content, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer program code for:

determining an application in a vehicle for which help should be presented;

retrieving user data for the determined application, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the determined application;

generating help content for the determined application, the generated help content including at least a part of the user data; and

transmitting the generated help content for presentation to the user.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein determining the application for which help should be presented comprises selecting the application from a pre-determined list of applications.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the user data is data provided by a user of the determined application.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the user data is not generic data relevant to every user of the determined application.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising computer program code for:

receiving a request for help for the application from the user;

wherein

determining an application for which help should be presented comprises determining the application based on the received request.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the help content is presented to the user as audio content.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the help content is presented to the user as visual content.

15. A computer system for providing help content, the computer system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium including computer program code for:

determining an application in a vehicle for which help should be presented;

retrieving user data for the determined application, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the determined application;

generating help content for the determined application, the generated help content including at least a part of the user data; and

transmitting the generated help content for presentation to the user.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein determining the application for which help should be presented comprises selecting the application from a pre-determined list of applications.

17. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the user data is data provided by a user of the determined application.

18. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the user data is not generic data relevant to every user of the determined application.

19. The computer system of claim 15, further comprising computer program code for:

receiving a request for help for the application from the user;

wherein

determining an application for which help should be presented comprises determining the application based on the received request.

20. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the help content is presented to the user as audio content.