Context sensitive information management system and method
First Claim
1. A context sensitive information management system, comprising:
- a number of applications each able to display information in response to a user input to said application, and a contextual coprocessor, the contextual coprocessor being arranged to display further information different from said information in response to said user input, the further information being selected by the contextual coprocessor based upon the application to which said user input was made and a current context definition for said application, said current context definition being defined by the contextual coprocessor based upon data passing between the application and the user.
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Abstract
A context sensitive information management system and method for use in a system comprising a number of applications each able to display information in response to a user input and a contextual coprocessor. The method comprising the steps of: the contextual coprocessor storing a plurality of context definitions each defining information to be displayed; the user making an input to an application; the application displaying information in response to the user input; the contextual coprocessor identifying a stored context definition corresponding to a current context definition; and the contextual processor displaying the information defined by said identified stored context definition; in which the context definitions stored by the contextual coprocessor are based upon data passing between the application and the user.
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33 Claims
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1. A context sensitive information management system, comprising:
a number of applications each able to display information in response to a user input to said application, and a contextual coprocessor, the contextual coprocessor being arranged to display further information different from said information in response to said user input, the further information being selected by the contextual coprocessor based upon the application to which said user input was made and a current context definition for said application, said current context definition being defined by the contextual coprocessor based upon data passing between the application and the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A context sensitive information management method for use in a system, comprising a number of applications each able to display information in response to a user input and a contextual coprocessor and comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of context definitions each defining information to be displayed;
the user making an input to an application;
said application displaying information in response to the user input;
the contextual coprocessor identifying a stored context definition corresponding to a current context definition; and
the contextual processor displaying the information defined by said identified stored context definition;
wherein the stored context definitions are based upon data passing between the application and the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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