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Automatic flowchart-based webpage generation for troubleshooting or task completion without manual programming

  • US 9,201,977 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Issued: 12/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program configured to cause at least one processor to:

  • display, on a display device, a canvas and a plurality of selectable nodes that a designer can select and place in desired positions on the canvas, each node associated with a respective webpage;

    when the designer chooses to edit a node, display, on the display device, a node design screen allowing the designer to add content to the respective webpage associated with the node, the node design screen customized for a type of the node selected by the designer;

    receive content to include in the respective webpage for each node and connections between the nodes from the designer;

    validate the connections between the nodes based on the node type, each node type having its own respective connection rules; and

    when the validation succeeds, generate the webpages for the respective nodes based on the node content and the connections between the nodes, whereinthe nodes and connections collectively form a flowchart on the canvas, andmanual programming by the designer is not required to design the flowchart and generate the webpages.

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