International Business Machines Corporation

Katie Shepherd

Christopher M Batey

Steven J Horsman

Christy Haragan

Keir Lawson

Saurabh Bhasin

Christopher M Webster

A method for generating user help information for a customized user interface, the customized user interface including one or more user interface components from a library of user interface components, the method comprising the steps of: associating library component help information with each user interface component in the library of user interface components; identifying component help information from the library component help information for each component in the customized user interface; aggregating the identified component help information into user help information for presentation to a user of the customized user interface.

Generating user help information for customized user interfaces

Generating user help information for customized user interface

A method and system for building an application are provided. The method includes generating a user model relating to a new application to be built. The user model may include at least one role with one or more associated tasks. A task list is compiled for the tasks in the user model, including removing any duplications of tasks. A task to application component mapping is accessed. The application components to which the tasks are mapped may be spread over one or more existing applications. The application components mapped to by the tasks are retrieved and compiled in the new application.

Method and system for building an application

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Hampshire, United Kingdom

Katie Shepherd