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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1999
Marc D. Boegner, San Jose, CA (US);
Gordon Andrew Davison, Toronto, CA;
Maria Teresa de Jesus Stoll, Oakland, CA (US);
Eileen Felicia Kopp, Gilroy, CA (US);
Nikolay Markov, Toronto, CA;
Debra L. Mayhew, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Daina Pupons Wickham, San Jose, CA (US);
Julie Anne Santilli, Toronto, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for interfacing with a plurality of wizards in a computer system includes providing the plurality of wizards; providing a launch button on a launch pad, the launch button associated with a wizard, where selection of the launch button executes the wizard; and providing information pertaining to the wizard on the launch pad. The information includes a relationship between the wizard and other wizards on the computer system, elements of the computer system affected by the wizard, and/or how to information showing how to use a user interface of an application on the computer system to accomplish a task. The launch pads are interactive interfaces between a user of a computer system and wizards which exist on the computer system. The information is provided in the form of text and/or visual objects. The user has an overview of the complete process before the execution of each wizard.