Patent ID: 6687485
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method employed by a computer user for accessing help/training content associated with a web-based application for dynamically displaying help/training content associated with an object dynamically triggered in the web-based application, the method comprising the steps of:accessing the web-based application presented in a tag-based language format in a first browser window through a proxy server wherein the web-based application outputs a tag-based page comprising at least one markup language tagged object; wherein the proxy server receives the tag-based page from the web-based application; identifies the at least one tagged object and annotates the tag-based page to associate help/training content to the at least one tagged object; and wherein the proxy server further initiates a help/training tool associated with the web-based application wherein the help/training tool displays a separate second browser window for simultaneously displaying help/training content with the first browser window containing the web-based application; dynamically triggering the at least one markup language tagged object in the tag-based page of the web-based application wherein the step of dynamically triggering the at least one markup language tagged object in the first browser window automatically invokes a simultaneous display of help/training content associated with the triggered markup language tagged object in the second browser window; and dynamically triggering a second markup language tagged object in the web-based application, wherein content in the second browser window is replaced with content associated with the second markup language tagged object; wherein the web-based application as displayed to the user remains unchanged and wherein the web-based application and the help/training tool operate independently.