Patent ID: 6610103
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for providing information to a user on a software product that includes a base software product and modifications thereto supplied by a program temporary fix, comprising:(a) applying the program temporary fix to the base software product, wherein the program temporary fix includes fix informational text describing how the program temporary fix modifies the base software product; (b) applying the fix informational text included with the program temporary fix to base informational text embedded in the software product to generate cumulative informational text, wherein the base informational text describes program functions of the base software product wherein the cumulative informational text describes the base software product as modified by the program temporary fix, and wherein the cumulative informational text includes base information on the program functions unchanged as a result of the program temporary fix and fix information on changes to the program functions resulting from the program temporary fix; (c) accessing the cumulative informational text; and (d) presenting the accessed informational text to the user, wherein the presented informational text comprises a portion of the cumulative informational text, including base information on the programs unchanged as a result of the program temporary fix and fix information on changes to the program functions resulting from the temporary fix.