Alternate progress indicator displays
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsThomas Anzelde, Zhao Lu, Oscar Llarena, Mark Molander
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to novel techniques for showing the progress of an automated computer process, particularly through a graphical user interface (GUI). Graphical status displays are employed which show graphical time-based information, such as rate and estimated time to completion, as well as a completion portion of an automated computer process. A remaining time indicator can be shown as a time scale for the graphical completion indicator. Instantaneous and historical rate information may be graphically displayed in various novel displays.
Claims20
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, comprising:
- program instructions for displaying a graphical completion indicator showing a completed portion of the automated process;
- and
- program instructions for displaying a graphical time-based indicator showing time-based information of the automated process.
A method, comprising:
- displaying a graphical completion indicator showing a completed portion of the automated process;
- and
- displaying a graphical time-based indicator showing time-based information of the automated process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.