Indicating Status of Application Program with Icons
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Abstract
A computing device (100) and computing environment displays a graphical user interface (110) that presents a plurality of icons (260). Each icon is related to a different aspect of a resident software application. The icons are used to indicate the status of their associated aspects of the software application. Changes of state of the aspects of the software application represented by the displayed icons are determined and used to update the displayed icons so that the displayed icons present current status information concerning the associated aspects of the software application.
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41 Claims
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22. In a computing environment where a graphical user interface is displayed that presents multiple icons, each icon relating to a different aspect of the same resident software application, a method of indicating the status of said software application comprising:
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determining when a change in the status of an aspect of said software application represented by a displayed icon occurs; and updating the displayed icon so that said displayed icon presents current status information concerning the associated aspect of said software application. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computing device comprising:
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an operating system executable on hardware; and at least one resident software application running on a platform provided by said operating system, said at least one resident software application being represented by multiple icons displayed on a graphical user interface, wherein said displayed icons include status icons, each status icon relating to a different aspect of said software application and presenting current status information concerning that aspect of said software application, said operating system determining when a change in the status of an aspect of said software application represented by a displayed status icon occurs and updating said status icon accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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