Patent ID: 8001470

Claim:
A method comprising: initiating display of a help window associated with a graphical user interface application; receiving a request for help information associated with the graphical user interface application based on input with respect to the help window; in response to receiving the request: communicating with a remote server over a network to retrieve multiple links pointing to available help information; and displaying the multiple links as a list of selectable links in the help window enabling retrieval of help information from multiple sources including at least one help information source at a remote location over the network; wherein displaying the multiple links as the list of selectable links includes displaying, in the list of selectable links, at least one selectable help information link derived from a publicly accessible social bookmarking system that has access to sets of bookmarks for a number of users, the at least one selectable help information link pointing to corresponding community generated help information about a topic specified in the help window.