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Providing help information

  • US 8,271,875 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2008
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing help information, comprising:

  • extracting, by a content extractor, preconfigured content from an application display of an application, the preconfigured content including multiple first terms;

    selecting, from second content associated with the application, a plurality of portions of the second content using the extracted preconfigured content, each of the portions including one or more second terms;

    ranking the plurality of portions based at least in part on the preconfigured content, the ranking including performing a relevance evaluation of the one or more second terms with regard to the first terms, each of the first terms having its own determined weight in the relevance evaluation, wherein each of the determined weights is from the application display or the content extractor; and

    associating a reference with the preconfigured content in the application such that the reference is displayed with the application, the reference providing user navigation to at least one of the plurality of portions selected based on the ranking.

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