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Device with automatic help function

  • US 6,934,889 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2002
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device that carries out a plurality of functions or services according to a plurality of settings, and has a help function, comprising:

  • a first memory storing addresses of a plurality of help lists, each help list corresponding to some service or function among said services or functions, the help list indicating correct setting information applicable when the service or function is executed;

    a second memory storing the help lists at the addresses given in the first memory;

    a reference unit for using information related to unexecuted operations to find an address, in the first memory, of a help list applicable to one of the functions or services that was being attempted when the device failed to operate correctly; and

    a memory reading unit for reading the help list from the second memory at the address found by the reference unit.

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