Patent ID: 6091413
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A device setup support system for supporting operation of a user under guidance from an output unit when the user sets up a device in a predetermined state, said system comprising:step output sequence setting means for dividing the device setup into steps and setting a list of a sequence of the steps;guidance data storage means for forming guidance for describing the steps, the guidance comprising still images, moving images, and voice, having data of the still images, moving images, and voice, and storing the data so that the data can be retrieved corresponding to each of the setup steps;step selection means for referencing the step output sequence and outputting a step immediately following the current step selected and a step which is allowed according to an allowable condition as the next selectable steps so that the user can select one of the steps, said allowed steps being limited to certain previously selected steps to ensure that the user only views a step which is immediately following the current step or a step which the user has previously viewed; andguidance output means for outputting the guidance data corresponding to the step selected through said step selection means by the user in step units wherein the guidance is formed of files linked with each other, and whereinsaid step selection means describes information linked with the guidance files corresponding to the next selectable steps in the guidance file corresponding to the current step selected.