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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
May. 12, 1999
Francis X. Sullivan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Brian Jay Vetter, Austin, TX (US);
Motive Communications, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Guided self-help is facilitated through use of so-called “active content” pages that are selectively viewable by given “audiences” within a technical support chain automation system. Active content is Web-based content (e.g., content viewable by a Web browser) that has one or more diagnostic maps initiated when certain actions are taken According to the invention, users are assigned to a hierarchy of audiences. A given audience within the hierarchy has the right to view active content written for that audience and active content written for any audience within the hierarchy at a lower level in the hierarchy. Given segments or portions of an active content database are associated with given audiences in the hierarchy. Thus, during a guided technical support session initiated by a user, given active content is served to the user as a function of the audience to which the user has been assigned.