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Natural language help interface

  • US 5,995,921 A
  • Filed: 04/23/1996
  • Issued: 11/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer program product for use with a computer system having a user interface and a memory, the computer program product comprising:

  • a computer useable medium having program code embodied in the medium for enabling a user to obtain information from the computer system with user-defined queries, the medium further comprising;

    program code, responsive to a user-defined query, for identifying a selected portion of the query;

    program code for storing, in the memory, global location data representing a location in the computer system last selected by the user at the time the user-defined query was submitted;

    program code for comparing selected portions of the user-defined query with a plurality of predefined location data and for modifying the global location data if one of the predefined location data is found within the selected portion of the user-defined query;

    program code, responsive to the selected portion of the user-defined query, for comparing the selected portion of the user-defined query with a plurality of predefined information segments;

    program code, responsive to the program code for comparing, for selecting one of the plurality of information segments which best corresponds to the user-defined query in accordance with a predetermined criteria; and

    program code, responsive to the selected information segment, for presenting at least a portion of the selected information segment to the user through the user interface.

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