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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

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.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for dynamically invoking a computational resource for a user comprising:means for operating for the user a base application such that the computational resource is external to the base application;means for receiving into the base application a series of user interactions

[ We claim:] [1.] A system for dynamically invoking a computational resource for a user comprising:means for operating for the user a base application such that the computational resource is external to the base application;means for receiving into the base application a series of user interactions which establish a context; andmeans for in response to the series of user interactions dynamically instructing, responsive to the context, the computational resource to perform selected computational operations, said system integrated within a single computer.