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On-line documentation facility

  • US 4,800,485 A
  • Filed: 06/16/1986
  • Issued: 01/24/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method performed by an on-line documentation program executing in a computer system, said method comprising the steps ofmaintaining in a file within said computer system particular predefined system on-line documentation associated with a particular on-line documentation command,receiving from at least one user of said system user-specific on-line documentation associated with said particular on-line documentation command, said at least one user being other than a designer of said computer system,retrieving from said file and providing to each other individual user of said system, in response to each issuance by said each other user of said particular on-line documentation command, said particular predefined system on-line documentation associated with said particular on-line documentation command, andproviding to said at least one user of said system, in response to each issuance by said at least one user of said particular on-line documentation command, said user-specific on-line documentation, said user-specific on-line documentation being different from said system on-line documentation.

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