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Adaptive, predictive progress indicator

  • US 6,275,987 B1
  • Filed: 11/05/1998
  • Issued: 08/14/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of indicating the progress of a task including a sequence of subtasks performed without progress information feedback to the task, comprising:

  • calculating a time estimate for performing the task utilizing time estimates for completing each subtask;

    responsive to starting the task, displaying a progress indicator advanced at a rate based on the calculated time estimate;

    responsive to completion of a previous subtask and initiation of a current subtask, comparing an actual completion time to an estimated completion time for all completed subtasks; and

    adjusting an advance rate for the progress indicator for the current subtask according to the results of the comparing step.

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