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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Smugmug, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Strong, San Jose, CA (US);
Don Macaskill, Los Altos, CA (US);
Angelo Robert Dinardi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Craig Andrew Murray, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
SmugMug, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein generally relate to a dynamic contextual help application. The help application adapts to content displayed within a graphical user interface (GUI) to provide content specific help objects. The help objects may be selected by a user and an indication object may simultaneously appear apart from the contextual help application to guide the user in performing various functions related to the selected help object.