Distributed electronic performance support systems
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1. A process comprising the following steps:
- a) operating a core Electronic Performance Support System, EPSS, at a station;
b) detecting a user'"'"'s selection of a tool offered for use with the core EPSS;
c) retrieving from a repository of tools, separate from the core EPSS, one, or more, files which support the selected tool wherein said repository of tools allows different tools to be used by the core EPSS located at the station than tools installed when the core EPSS was installed; and
d) launching one, or more, of the files retrieved.
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Abstract
Improvement for an Electronic Performance Support System, EPSS. A simplified prior-art EPSS can be viewed as a computerized system which divides a process, such as designing, building, and marketing an automobile, into individual stages. At each stage, the EPSS makes various tools available to users and, in general, the tools available at one stage are different than those available at other stages. Under one form of the invention, tools for the EPSS are stored at remote locations, and retrieved through a public-access computer network, such as the Internet.
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13 Claims
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1. A process comprising the following steps:
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a) operating a core Electronic Performance Support System, EPSS, at a station; b) detecting a user'"'"'s selection of a tool offered for use with the core EPSS; c) retrieving from a repository of tools, separate from the core EPSS, one, or more, files which support the selected tool wherein said repository of tools allows different tools to be used by the core EPSS located at the station than tools installed when the core EPSS was installed; and d) launching one, or more, of the files retrieved. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer, comprising:
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a) an operating system; b) a core Electronic Performance Support System, EPSS, which supports a process, and, at different stages in the process, offers tools for use, which are not offered at other stages, wherein said tools are located in a repository separate from the core EPSS and wherein said repository of tools allows different tools to be used by the core EPSS; and c) means for retrieving files, needed to run tools, from a public-access computer network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer, comprising:
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a) an operating system; b) a core Electronic Performance Support System, EPSS, with which tools are used, wherein said tools are located in a repository separate from the core EPSS and wherein said repository of tools allows different tools to be used by the core EPSS than tools installed when the core EPSS was installed; and c) means for retrieving files, needed to run tools, from a public-access computer network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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