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Automatic invocation of computational resources without user intervention

US5546502A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1993
Grant dateAug 13, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S706/934
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system is described for automatically invoking computational resources without intervention or request from a user of the system. In the system a query-free information retrieval system is described in which the exact technical documentation contained in existing user or other technical manuals is provided to a user investigating apparatus having a fault. The user enters symptoms based upon the user's analysis of the apparatus, and in response the system provides information concerning likely faults with the apparatus. As the symptoms are entered, the relative value of individual faults is determined and related to the symptoms they cause. The user can then select technical information relating to probable faults in the system.

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