Patent ID: 8214757

Claim:
An operating method for a control device of a medical imaging technology system, said method comprising: programming a control device to execute an application; in said control device, calling said application in a calling procedure that includes opening a use window of a user interface of the application; in said control device, via the opened use window, receiving a use command from a user via an input device for a usage part of the application comprising a controller of the medical imaging technology system, presenting said use command during input thereof at a display screen in a first presentation window selected from the group consisting of said use window and a use command window of the user interface that is associated with the use window but is different from the use window, and executing an operating mode of the medical imaging technology system corresponding to said use command after validating said use command; during execution of the application by said control device, receiving a retrieval command as an input from the user via the input device, said retrieval command being different from said use and designating additional information to be retrieved by the control unit, presenting the retrieval command in a retrieval command window of the user interface during input of the retrieval command, in said control unit, automatically determining at least one extension parameter dependent on said use command and automatically parameterizing said retrieval command with said at least one extension parameter to produce an extended retrieval command that augments, as augmented information, said additional information, automatically validating said extended retrieval command in said control unit, and retrieving said augmented information from a web server after validation of the extended retrieval command and, in a second display window selected from the group consisting of the retrieval command window and an information window of the user interface that is different from the retrieval command window and is associated with the retrieval command window, presenting the additional information; implementing said retrieval of said augmented information and said presentation of said additional information in separate actions that are different from said reception and presentation of said use command; and displaying said first presentation window at said display screen differently and separately from said second presentation window.