Help utility with expanded content display
OwnerMichael L. Petersoninventor
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Abstract
A method of using a help utility user interface to facilitate data entry into a software application. The method includes receiving via the help utility user interface a first user input relating to a data field of the application software, storing the first user input in a data cell associated with the data field of the application software corresponding with a current item and receiving via the help utility user interface a second user input related to moving to another item. The help utility user interface presents an active data field for receiving the first user input for the current item, a first inactive field representing a previous item and a second inactive field representing a subsequent item.
Claims20
A method of using a help utility user interface to facilitate data entry into a software application, comprising:
- receiving via the help utility user interface a first user input relating to a data field of the application software, wherein the help utility user interface presents an active data field for receiving said first user input for a current item, a first inactive field representing a previous item and a second inactive field representing a subsequent item;
- storing the first user input in a data cell associated with the data field of the application software corresponding with the current item;
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- receiving via the help utility user interface a second user input related to moving to another item.
An apparatus including a help utility user interface comprising a sequence of interface pages configured to facilitate data entry into a software application, comprising:
- page logic associated with an initial user interface page, wherein the page logic is configured to receive via the help utility user interface a first user input relating to a data field of the application software, the help utility user interface presenting an active data field for receiving said first user input for a current item, a first inactive field representing a previous item and a second inactive field representing a subsequent item;
- a storage medium configured to store the first user input in a data cell associated with the data field of the application software corresponding with the current item;
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- navigation logic configured to move to another item in response to a second user input received via the help utility user interface.
A computer readable medium containing processor executable instructions configured to perform the steps of:
- receiving via a help utility user interface a first user input relating to a data field of an application software, wherein the help utility user interface presents an active data field for receiving said first user input for a current item, one or more first inactive fields representing one or more previous items and one or more second inactive fields representing one or more subsequent items;
- storing the first user input in a data cell associated with the current data field of the application software corresponding with the current item;
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- receiving via the help utility user interface a second user input related to moving to another item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.