Patent ID: 9299058
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for automated display of documentation, comprising: detecting, by at least one processor, a display of a user interface of a computer program, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of user interface items; receiving a user selection of a user interface item of the plurality of user interface items; capturing, based on receiving the user selection of the user interface item, an image that comprises a set of pixels from the user interface corresponding to the user interface item, wherein the image comprises a text string; accessing a documentation database provided by a third-party documentation provider that is unaffiliated with a provider of the computer program, wherein the documentation database comprises a plurality of image items associated with at least one documentation entry; identifying an image item of the plurality of image items within the documentation database that matches the captured image; and initiating display of a documentation entry associated with the identified image item, wherein the documentation entry comprises a description of a configuration setting corresponding to the user interface item and any available configuration options associated with the configuration setting.