Text based markup language resource interface

• US 7,523,400 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2006
• Issued: 04/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ovonyx Memory Technology, LLC
• Original Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
• Inventors: McKeeth, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chuong; Truc T
• Application Number:
  US11/595,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 715/705, 715/741, 715/748, 715/749, 715/760
• US Class Current: 715/749
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

A software control method and apparatus for displaying a text based markup language interface. The interface can interact with a computer to provide reference documents, install system drivers and perform various system utilities. The interface can reference optical drivers, hard disk drives or other storage medium and files available over a network, such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) including the Internet. A graphical user interface using a text markup language such as hypertext markup language (HTML) can allow for activation for a user interactive control such as an icon or a hyperlink. Activation of an interactive control can hook onto a hypertext link target associated with the activated user interactive control result in the performance of an initial action responsive to variables including the control, a uniform resource locator associated with the interactive control and the hypertext link target.

Claims

1. Computer readable storage media provided with instructions written in a text markup language and invocable on a computer system so as to induce the computer system to generate and present a user interface, the interface comprising:

a display of the computer system illustrating a driver icon representing a grouping of device drivers and associated with a driver uniform resource locator (URL) and a driver target, wherein the driver icon is selected, the computer system examines the driver URL and the driver target, and determines whether to automatically access online system drivers and installation routines wherein the driver icon is automatically created and dynamically updated based on one or more of a hardware configuration, an operating system, and a configuration setting of the computer system;

a vendor icon for vendor contact associated with a vendor URL and a vendor target, wherein the vendor icon is selected, the computer system examines the vendor URL and the vendor target, and determines whether to automatically effectuate electronic communications with support personnel;

a patch icon for automatically executing one or more patch programs in a queue of the patch programs and wherein patch programs are removed from the queue after execution and wherein the computer system is rebooted after each execution;

instructions to induce the computer system to generate and display a frequently asked question (FAQ) icon representing a grouping of online FAQ'"'"'s and associated with a FAQ URL and a FAQ target, wherein the FAQ icon is selected, the computer system examines the FAQ URL and the FAQ target, and determines whether to automatically invoke an online display of frequently asked questions; and

a home icon to display an interface home page.

2. The computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the operating system of the computer system.

3. The computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the hardware installed in the computer system.

4. The computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the system configurations of the computer system.

5. The computer readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising instructions to induce the computer system, when the driver icon is selected, to automatically remove existing drivers to avoid conflict on the computer system.

6. The computer readable storage media of claim 1, further comprising instructions to induce the computer system to generate and display an online books icon representing a grouping of online documentation and associated with an online books URL and an online books target, wherein if the online books icon is selected, the computer system examines the online books URL and the online books target, and determines whether to automatically invoke a display of online documentation.

7. Computer readable storage media provided with instructions written in a text markup language and invocable on a computer system so as to induce the computer system to generate and present a user interface, the interface comprising:

means for generating and displaying a visual representation of a grouping of device drivers, the means for representing a grouping of drivers associated with a driver uniform resource locator (URL) and a driver target wherein the visual representation is automatically created and dynamically updated based on one or more of a hardware configuration, an operating system, and a configuration setting of the computer system, wherein the means for representing a grouping of drivers is selected, the computer system examines the driver URL and the driver target, and determines whether to automatically access online system drivers and installation routines;

means for generating and displaying a visual representation of a vendor contact, the means for representing vendor contact associated with a vendor URL and a vendor target, wherein the means for representing vendor contact is selected, the computer system examines the vendor URL and the vendor target, and determines whether to automatically effectuate electronic communication with support personnel;

means for generating and displaying a visual representation for automatically executing one or more patch programs in a queue of the patch programs and wherein patch programs are removed from the queue after execution and wherein the computer system is induced to reboot after each execution;

means for generating and visually representing a grouping of online frequently asked questions (FAQ'"'"'s), the means for representing a grouping of online FAQ'"'"'s associated with a FAQ URL and a FAQ target, wherein the means for representing a grouping of online FAQ'"'"'s is selected, the computer system examines the FAQ URL and the FAQ target, and determines whether to automatically invoke an online display of frequently asked questions; and

means for displaying an interface home page.

8. The computer readable storage media of claim 7, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the operating system of the computer system.

9. The computer readable storage media of claim 7, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the hardware installed in the computer system.

10. The computer readable storage media of claim 7, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the system configurations of the computer system.

11. The computer readable storage media of claim 7, further comprising instructions to induce the computer system, when the means for representing a grouping of drivers is selected, to induce the computer system to automatically removes existing drivers to avoid conflict on the computer system.

12. The computer readable storage media of claim 7, further comprising means for generating and visually representing a grouping of online documentation, the means for representing a grouping of online documentation associated with an online books URL and an online target, wherein if the means for representing a grouping of online documentation is selected, the computer system examines the online books URL and the online books target, and determines whether to automatically invoke a display of online documentation.

13. A computer readable media having a computer program written in a text markup language residing on the computer readable media and invocable on a computer system, the computer readable media comprising:

computer code configured to induce a client computer system to automatically generate and display a driver icon representing a grouping of drivers and associated with a driver uniform resource locator (URL) and a driver target wherein the driver icon is automatically created and dynamically updated based on one or more of a hardware configuration, an operating system, and a configuration setting of the computer system, wherein the driver icon is selected, the computer code is configured to examine the driver URL and the driver target, and configured to determine whether to automatically access online system drivers and installation routines;

computer code configured to display a vendor contact icon and associated with a vendor URL and a vendor target, wherein the vendor contact icon is selected, the computer code is configured to examine the vendor URL and the vendor target, and configured to determine whether to automatically effectuate electronic communication with support personnel;

computer code for automatically executing one or more patch programs in a queue of the patch programs and wherein patch programs are removed from the queue after execution and wherein the computer system is rebooted after each execution;

computer code configured to display a frequently asked question (FAQ) icon representing a grouping of online FAQ'"'"'s and associated with a FAQ URL and a FAQ target, wherein the FAQ icon is selected, the computer code is configured to examine the FAQ URL and the FAQ target, and configured to determine whether to automatically invoke an online display of frequently asked questions; and

computer code configured to display an interface home page.

14. The computer readable media of claim 13, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the operating system of the computer system.

15. The computer readable media of claim 13, wherein accessing system drivers and effectuating communication with support personnel is based at least in part on the hardware installed in the computer system.

16. The computer readable media of claim 13, wherein if the driver icon is selected, the computer code is configured to automatically remove existing drivers to avoid conflict on the computer system.

17. The computer readable media of claim 13, further comprising computer code configured to display an online books icon representing a grouping of online documentation and associated with an online books URL and an online target, wherein if the online books icon is selected, the computer code is configured to examine the online books URL and the online books target, and configured to determine whether to automatically invoke a display of online documentation.