Patent ID: 6801222
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for providing help navigation information for a computer network, comprising the steps of:(a) identifying a plurality of registered applications; (b) identifying a help file for each of the plurality of registered applications, wherein the help file comprises help information and a plurality of tags embedded with the help information, wherein each tag comprises an anchor and a plurality of leveled entries, wherein the anchor comprises a links to the help information associated with the plurality of leveled entries and the plurality of leveled entries provides hierarchical information pertaining to how the leveled entries are to be organized when displayed within a collection of leveled entries for the plurality of registered applications; (c) collecting the plurality of leveled entries in the plurality of tags embedded within the help file for each of the plurality of registered applications; (d) organizing the collected plurality of leveled entries according to the hierarchical information in the plurality of leveled entries to provide homogeneous, task-oriented help navigation information for the plurality of registered applications; and (e) displaying the organized plurality of leveled entries in a homogeneous view, wherein the view allows a user to navigate through the help files for the plurality of registered applications.