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US 2006/0221082 A1Published application
Elapsed-time digital counter mouse pointer
AssigneePalmetto GBA, LLC
InventorDonald Rifkin
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Abstract
A method of indicating an elapsed amount of time related to the functioning of a computer system, generally comprising the steps of indicating the number of time increments (such as seconds) in a numeric digital display, and changing color at intervals.
Claims9
A method of presenting an elapsed time display, comprising the steps of:
- presenting an icon on a visual display, wherein presentation of said icon is initiated by initiating a task by a computer that communicates with said visual display, and wherein said icon is manipulated in two dimensions on said visual display as a pointer for said visual display;
- presenting a first color and a time indication in association with said icon, sequentially changing said time indication as a function of elapsed time of completion of said task by said computer;
- changing said first color of said icon to a second color of said icon at an end of a predetermined time interval;
- changing said second color of said icon to a third color of said icon at an end of a second predetermined time interval;
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- terminating presentation of said time indication upon completion of said task.
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