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Method and apparatus for improving a progress monitor during a long computer process

  • US 6,934,916 B1
  • Filed: 01/20/1999
  • Issued: 08/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A progress monitor comprising:

  • a progress area used to indicate the progress of a process being monitored;

    a progress indicator that progressively divides the progress area into a first part of the progress area and a second part of the progress area, where the first part of the progress area corresponds to the amount of completion of the process being monitored;

    information, in addition to the progress of the process, progressively becoming visible in the first part of the progress area as the first part of the progress area becomes larger.

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