MULTIPHASE, TASK-ORIENTED PROGRESS INDICATOR INCORPORATING GRAPHICAL ICONS
First Claim
1. A method of displaying progress of a hierarchically structurable group of tasks, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks;
(b) delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed; and
(c) displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for displaying the progress of a hierarchically structurable group of tasks is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks, delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed, and displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation. In one embodiment, an icon is also displayed in the hierarchical representation to indicate whether the task completed normally or not. In another embodiment, the window displaying the progress of the hierarchically structured group of tasks further comprises an additional area to present additional information about the process, such as diagnostic information. The article of manufacture comprises a data storage device tangibly embodying instructions to perform the method steps described above. The apparatus comprises means for displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks, means for delimiting a processed task in the hierarchical representation of the group of tasks, and means for displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of displaying progress of a hierarchically structurable group of tasks, comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks;
(b) delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed; and
(c) displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
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6. The method of claim S wherein the diagnostic information comprises an error statement when the task is not processed normally.
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8. An apparatus for displaying progress of a hierarchically structurable group of tasks comprising:
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means for displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks;
means for delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed; and
displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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15. A program storage device, readable by a computer, tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps of displaying progress of a hierarchically structurable group of tasks, the method comprising the steps of
(a) displaying a hierarchical representation of the group of tasks; -
(b) delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed; and
(c) displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation.
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22. A method of displaying a progress of a structurable group of tasks, comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying an organizational representation of the group of tasks;
(b) delimiting a task in the group of tasks when the task has been processed; and
(c) displaying a processing result for the task in the hierarchical representation.
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