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Patent US7565607 - Automatic image capture for generating content - Google Patents
The present invention is directed to a system for automatically capturing images based on the actions of an author in completing steps in an overall task performed on a user interface. To capture the images the author activates a recording component. The recording component records images corresponding...http://www.google.com/patents/US7565607?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7565607 - Automatic image capture for generating content
Publication number US7565607 B2
Application number US 10/887,414
Also published as CN101421776A, CN101421776B, EP1763865A2, EP1763865A4, US20040250214, WO2006016866A2, WO2006016866A3
Publication number 10887414, 887414, US 7565607 B2, US 7565607B2, US-B2-7565607, US7565607 B2, US7565607B2
Inventors Andrew J. McGlinchey, Aravind Bala
Patent Citations (53), Non-Patent Citations (16), Referenced by (13), Classifications (18), Legal Events (4)
Automatic image capture for generating content
US 7565607 B2
25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24 wherein the element comprises a text box.
The present invention is a continuation-in-part of co-pending related U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/337,745, filed Jan. 7, 2003, entitled ACTIVE CONTENT WIZARD: EXECUTION OF TASKS AND STRUCTURED CONTENT; Reference is made to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/887,058, filed Jul. 8, 2004, entitled AUTOMATIC TEXT GENERATION; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/887,543, filed Jul. 8, 2004, entitled IMPORTATION OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED CONTENT, and assigned to the same assignee as the present invention.
The present invention deals with generating content, such as help content. More specifically, the present invention deals with automatic capturing of images indicative of actions of a user on a user interface.
One embodiment of the present invention addresses some of the problems of Wizards, Help, Knowledge base articles and troubleshooters by providing a content component that allows for an easy way to author thousands of tasks (or wizards), and either integrate with the GUI and teach the user how to use the GUI to execute the task or to execute the task on behalf of the user. In one specific embodiment, the present invention deals with authoring active content wizard (ACW) scripts, and with the text and images that are part of an ACW script.
The present invention deals with automatically recording images based on a user action on a user interface. Prior to describing the present invention in greater detail, one exemplary environment in which the invention can be used will be discussed.
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U.S. Classification 715/709, 715/967, 715/763
International Classification G06F3/00, G06F17/00, G06N5/04, G06F9/44, G06F9/00, G09G5/00, G06F3/033, G06F3/14, G06F17/30, G06N5/02, G06F9/06, G06F3/048
Cooperative Classification G06F9/4446, Y10S715/967