Patent ID: 6920612

Claim:
A method for providing help services in a graphical user interface-based computer application, the method comprising: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) screen having a first display portion for displaying the operations of standard application services of an active computer application and a second display portion for displaying dedicated help services based on the current operations of the standard application services provided by the computer application and displayed in the first display portion; determining a user interaction via the first display portion; based on the user interaction, providing a first standard application service associated with the computer application for display in the first display portion; and based on the first standard application service displayed in the first display portion, displaying dedicated help services in the second display portion; wherein the dedicated help services are displayed continually in the second display portion while the computer application is active; and wherein the second display portion is a dedicated portion of the entire GUI screen real estate, whereby the first display portion and second display portion do not overlap on the GUI screen.