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Abstract
A REPRESENTATION OF A DYNAMIC ADVANCE MARKER IS DIFFUSED, WHICH DYNAMICALLY CHANGES TO MARK THE PROGRESS OF A TASK. IN THIS WAY, THE USER STAYS INFORMED OF THE STATUS OF A TASK THAT IS BEING DONE WITHOUT GOING TO SENSITIVE MESSAGES OF THE LANGUAGE, AS FOR EXAMPLE "NOW IT IS PROCESSING ITEM NUMBER 12 OF 100". THE BRAND DOES NOT NEED A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION TO BE USED AND THEREFORE IT MAY BE USED IN BOTH GRAPHIC AND NON-GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS. THE BRAND OF THE PREPARED PRESENTATION HAS FIVE ROWS COMPOSED OF FOUR PERCENT (%) OF SYMBOLS SURROUNDED BY A LIMIT. AT THE BEGINNING OF A TASK, A TASK CONTROLLER QUANTIFIES WORK IN SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TASK WORK UNITS. ALL TWENTY "%" SYMBOLS ARE PRESENT AND REPRESENTED TO THE USER. WHEN THE TASK CONTROLLER DETERMINES THAT A TASK WORK UNIT HAS COMPLETED, A "%" SYMBOL IS REPLACED IN THE MARK BY A SUBSTITUTE CHARACTER, SUCH AS A BLANK SPACE OR NULL CHARACTER. THE REPLACEMENT OF A "%" SYMBOL EACH TIME A TASK WORK UNIT IS COMPLETED, IT CONTINUES UNTIL THE TOTALITY OF THE "%" SYMBOLS ARE SUBSTITUTED, INDICATING THE TERMINATION AT 100% OF THE TASK. THE ORDER IN WHICH THE SYMBOLS ARE REPLACED WITHIN THE BRAND IS DETERMINED BY A SET OF MODELS AND CAN BE MODIFIED IF DESIRED. THE SYMBOLS USED WITHIN THE BRAND AND FOR THE LIMIT ARE SELECTED TO BE AVAILABLE IN VIRTUALLY ALL LANGUAGES, AND MAY BE ALSO MODIFIED TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR USER.

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11 members in 7 offices
Priority claims5
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19890325600 | United States of America | – | |
| 32560089 | United States of America | A | |
| 32560089 | United States of America | A | |
| 90480028 | – | – | – |
| US19890325600 | – | – | – |
Members11
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP0394160A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| JPH02280265A | Japan | A | |
| EP0394160A3 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| BR9001292A | Brazil | A | |
| CA1317678C | Canada | C | |
| US5301348A | United States of America | A | |
| EP0394160B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| DE69023386D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| ES2079461T3This record | Spain | T3 | |
| DE69023386T2 | Germany | T2 | |
| JP2572471B2 | Japan | B2 |
1 legal event, as the office reported them to INPADOC
Events
| Event | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Definitive protectionFG2A | FG2A |
Numbers
- Publication
- 2079461
- Publication, DOCDB
- 2079461
- Publication, EPODOC
- ES2079461T
- Application
- 90480028
- Application, DOCDB
- 90480028
- Application, EPODOC
- ES19900480028T
Titles2
- Spanish
- REPRESENTACION DE MARCA DE AVANCE DINAMICO.
- English
- DYNAMIC ADVANCE IDENTIFICATION ICON.
Classification
- CPC, 2
- G06F3/04817
- G06F3/0481
- IPC, 7
- G06F3 14
- G06F1 00
- G06F3 023
- G06F3 0481
- G06F9 44
- G06F11 32
- G06F15 00