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John wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with patents on technical writing or documentation techniques? [...]
I spent a little more time digging around and came up with
many, many more. Here are some highlights:
- US5481667: Method and system for instructing a user of
a computer system how to perform application program tasks
(Patent assignee: Microsoft Corporation)
- US4789962: Methods of displaying help information nearest
to an operation point at which the help information is
requested (Patent assignee: International Business Machines
Corporation)
- US5175812: System for providing help information during a
help mode based on selected operation controls and a
current-state of the system (Patent assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company)
- EP0185845A2: HELP placement on a screen for a computer
user (Patent assignee: International Business Machines
Corporation)
- US4800485: On-line documentation facility (Patent
assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company)
- US5287448: Method and apparatus for providing help
information to users of computers (Patent assignee: Apple
Computer, Inc)
- Kate O'
finding this fascinating
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