Patents by Inventor Victoria Eigel-Danielson

Victoria Eigel-Danielson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Adaptive progress indicator
    Patent number: 6618731
    Abstract: A method for informing a user of the status of a computer operation having multiple concurrent tasks, comprising maintaining multiple variables, wherein each one of said multiple variables represents the progress of a corresponding one of said multiple tasks; comparing said multiple variables to determine a superior variable, wherein said superior variable is selected based upon at least one predetermined performance criterion; and outputting said superior variable at least once during said computer operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Eigel-Danielson
  • Adaptive progress indicator
    Publication number: 20010044799
    Abstract: A method for informing a user of the status of a computer operation having multiple concurrent tasks, comprising maintaining multiple variables, wherein each one of said multiple variables represents the progress of a corresponding one of said multiple tasks; comparing said multiple variables to determine a superior variable, wherein said superior variable is selected based upon at least one predetermined performance criterion; and outputting said superior variable at least once during said computer operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Victoria Eigel-Danielson
  • Adaptive progress indicator
    Patent number: 6301580
    Abstract: A method for informing a user of the status of a computer operation having multiple concurrent tasks, comprising maintaining multiple variables, wherein each one of said multiple variables represents the progress of a corresponding one of said multiple tasks; comparing said multiple variables to determine a superior variable, wherein said superior variable is selected based upon at least one predetermined performance criterion; and outputting said superior variable at least once during said computer operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Eigel-Danielson