Consolidation of computer documentation
US7305629B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/73
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, program product and method effectively merge computer documentation for multiple API sets together to facilitate user access to such computer documentation. Such merging of computer documentation may include, in part, the incorporation, into a navigation file, of a plurality of API set links associated with a plurality of API sets, as well as the incorporation, into an index file, of a plurality of index links to documentation files for at least two of the plurality of API sets. Furthermore, computer documentation may be displayed to a user by displaying selected information in a plurality of display regions of a computer display. In a first display region, at least a portion of a first navigation file may be displayed, with the first navigation file including a plurality of API set links associated with a plurality of API sets. In a second display region, at least a portion of a second navigation file associated with a selected API set among the plurality of API sets may be displayed, with the second navigation file including a plurality of program entity links associated with a plurality of program entities in the selected API set. In a third display region, at leas…
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