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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Mary Catherine Burton, Springfield, IL (US);
Fonda J. Daniels, Cary, NC (US);
Sandra K. Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Kelly Malone, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Latondra Alyce Murray, Durham, NC (US);
Demethria Johnson Ramseur, Smyrna, GA (US);
Mary Catherine Burton, Springfield, IL (US);
Fonda J. Daniels, Cary, NC (US);
Sandra K. Johnson, Austin, TX (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Kelly Malone, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
LaTondra Alyce Murray, Durham, NC (US);
Demethria Johnson Ramseur, Smyrna, GA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are techniques for providing context-based user assistance. A request from a user for user assistance content for a first configurable element is received. One or more rules are retrieved for the first configurable element, wherein at least one of the rules describes a second configurable element that is related to the first configurable element. The one or more rules are used to identify context-based user assistance content for configuring at least one of the first configurable element and the second configurable element. The user assistance content is provided to the user.