Providing enhanced functionality in an interactive electronic technical manual

An apparatus for dynamically displaying media content associated with textual information for a topic found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:

• provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising a first view pane comprising the textual information and a second view pane in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
• receive input of a user scrolling through the textual information, wherein the user performs the scrolling through the textual information via the IETM viewer;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the user scrolling through the textual information:
• identify a first occurrence of an identifier for particular media content provided in the textual information shown in the first view pane with respect to a top of the first view pane;
• retrieve the particular media content;
• and
• provide the particular media content for automatic display in the second view pane of the window.

A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions for dynamically displaying media content associated with textual information for a topic found in technical documentation for an item via an interactive electronic technical manual system (IETM) configured to provide electronic and credentialed access to the technical documentation for the item via an IETM viewer, the instructions being configured to cause one or more processors to at least perform operations configured to:

• provide a window for display via the IETM viewer executing on a user computing entity being used by a user signed into the IETM, the window comprising a first view pane comprising the textual information and a second view pane in which the window is configured to display the first view pane and the second view pane on non-overlapping portions of the window;
• receive input of a user scrolling through the textual information, wherein the user performs the scrolling through the textual information via the IETM viewer;
• and
• responsive to receiving the input of the user scrolling through the textual information:
• identify a first occurrence of an identifier for particular media content provided in the textual information shown in the first view pane with respect to a top of the first view pane;
• retrieve the particular media content;
• and
• provide the particular media content for automatic display in the second view pane of the window.