Adobe, Inc.

Arlyn Asch

Qian Zhang

Magnus Nirell

Mark Wineman

Brian C Sparks

Ronald A Linyard

Arie Trouw

Bjorn Pedersen

Jonas Salling

A system and method are disclosed for automatically captioning an electronic demonstration using object properties captured from the operating system. In response to an action that is initiated by a demonstrator, the operating system is queried to obtain the property information for the target object to which the action is directed as well as the parent object of the target object. This property information is then used to generate explanatory captions that are displayed to a user or trainee during the playback of the electronic demonstration.

Method and system for automatically captioning actions in a recorded electronic demonstration

A system and method for incorporating software modules into a website or other information source that is searchable and updateable, which helps to create a dynamic user assistance environment. The system searches based on context/category sensitive natural language requests. This dynamic environment becomes 'smarter' over time and will track questions and answers by a number of methods to assure the answers are up to date and that there is a high confidence match for the user's inquiry. The entire collection of data resides in a centralized location where the information can be leveraged to answer a user's question and aid in the creation of question/answer pairs for later use. Additionally, the assistance system supports a method for incorporating new informational content and answers to unanswered questions, for example by authorized support persons, that are categorized and stored in the existing system for later reference and use.

Method and system for providing electronic user assistance

A method is disclosed for recording steps performed in a computer environment to produce an electronic demonstration movie. The method includes recording at least one screen shot corresponding to at least one of the steps using a still motion recorder. The method also monitors the steps for the presence of detail criteria. In response to the detection of detail criteria in the steps, the still motion recorded is paused and a video recorder is initiated for recording full motion video clips of a detailed process. In response to the end of the detail criteria, the video recorder is paused and the still motion recorder is re-instated in response to the pausing of the video recorder. The recorded screen shots and recorded full motion video are then compiled into an electronic demonstration movie.

Seamless integration of video capture in demonstration applications

A system and method are disclosed for creating an electronic demonstration. The method includes capturing video of a demonstrated process that includes a plurality of steps. Each of the steps are analyzed to determine if the steps may be represented by a single frame. In response to analyzing the steps, one or more of the frames of video among the steps that may be represented as a single still motion screen shot may be deleted. The remaining frames are then assembled into an electronic demonstration movie.

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