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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2007
Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Robert Ross Peterson, Austin, TX (US);
Lisa Anne Seacat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Robert Ross Peterson, Austin, TX (US);
Lisa Anne Seacat, San Francisco, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a notification to a user about the progress of a task running on a digital processing device. A user input identifying a progress indicator for the task running on the digital processing device is received. A user input selecting a threshold value is received. The threshold value indicates a point on the progress indicator at which the user is to be notified about the progress of the task. A notification is provided to the user when the threshold value is reached.