International Business Machines Corporation

Karen E Paone

Timothy John Massaro

Allen John Ziolkowski

A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.

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Rochester, MN, United States of America

Karen E Paone