| US 7,490,291 B1 | ||
| System for emphasizing graphical components in coordination with multimedia instructions | ||
| Don B. Johnson, Cedar Park, Tex. (US); April L. R. Canaday, Austin, Tex. (US); and Robin K. Key, Austin, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Dell USA, LP, Round Rock, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 17, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/245,266. | ||
| Application 10/245266 is a continuation of application No. 08/516367, filed on Aug. 17, 1995, abandoned. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—705 [715/704; 715/709; 715/756; 715/716; 715/730; 713/1; 713/2; 713/100] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A method for providing instructional information for a user during a first time that a computer system is powered on, the
method comprising:
determining if a computer system is being powered on for the first time;
in response to determining that the computer system is being powered on for the first time, automatically presenting to a
user of the computer system a start-up screen presentation during a computer set up procedure that occurs when the computer
system is powered on for the first time;
presenting in the start-up screen presentation a multimedia instructional presentation including video with corresponding
audio and graphical controls, wherein the graphical controls are operable to be emphasized with visual cues during the multimedia
instructional presentation;
synchronizing at least one portion of the multimedia instructional presentation with at least one screen event;
wherein the synchronizing comprises determining that a current video frame in the multimedia instructional presentation is
associated with the at least one screen event, and executing that at least one screen event in synchronization with the current
video frame;
completing the computer set up procedure; and
ending the start-up screen presentation.
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