Patent ID: 9558188
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for dynamically filtering technical documentation, the method comprising: loading a technical document into memory of a computer, said technical document including annotations for one or more different steps of a technical process and also annotations for one or more required commands for accomplishing one of the one or more different steps; concurrently displaying in a display of the computer both a rapid filter user interface and also a technical documentation user interface; rendering said technical document in said technical documentation user interface while rendering a summarized form of said technical document in said rapid filter user interface; keyword searching said technical document according to search terms provided through said rapid filter user interface; selecting portions of the technical document to render in the summarized form based upon the presence or absence of tags respectively associated with the portions; and filtering said technical document in the technical documentation user interface according to a pre-configured filter selected within said rapid filter user interface and displaying the filtered technical document in the rapid filter user interface while an unfiltered form of the technical document remains displayed in the technical documentation user interface.