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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Ronald Fein, Seattle, WA (US);
Ronald Stephen Giesen, Redmond, WA (US);
Darrin Nobuharu Hatakeda, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Providing custom content that supplements static content displayed in an alert message. In response to detecting a predetermined condition, such as an error condition, the alert message is displayed to the user of a software program module. The alert message typically presents the static content and a control object, such as a button or a hyperlink. In response to the user's selection of the control object, an external information source, typically a remote server hosting a Web page, is accessed. The external information source maintains the custom content, which can include supplemental information that is related to the detected predetermined condition.