Visual UI Guide Triggered by User Actions

A system for providing a visual guidance user interface for helping a user learn a product's capability and inputs needed to achieve a given action, the system comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operable to:
• receive an input associated with an open application;
• determine whether the input meets a criterion for triggering a visual help user interface;
• and
• in response to determining that the input meets a criterion for triggering a visual help user interface, display the visual help user interface over a graphical user interface of the open application, the visual help user interface demonstrating one of:
• a feature to achieve a given action associated with the application;
• a work flow to achieve a given action associated with the application;
• or
• a gesture to achieve a given action associated with the application.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for providing a visual guidance user interface for helping a user learn a product's capability and inputs needed to achieve a given action, comprising:

• receiving an input associated with an open application, the input including one of an activity affecting achieving a given action associated with the application, a command sequence associated with the given action, or a user request for help;
• determining whether the input meets a criterion for triggering a visual help user interface;
• and
• in response to determining that the input meets a criterion for triggering a visual help user interface, displaying the visual help user interface over a graphical user interface of the open application, the visual help user interface demonstrating one of:
• a feature to achieve a given action associated with the application;
• a work flow to achieve a given action associated with the application;
• or
• a gesture to achieve a given action associated with the application.