Patent ID: 8413064

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for graphically indicating a progress of a plurality of task parts in relation to a progress of a task including the task parts, the method comprising: dividing the task, as a whole, into a plurality of work units to be executed chronologically during execution of the task, wherein work for one or more of the task parts is to be performed during execution of each of the work units; displaying on a display device a plurality of progress bars each corresponding to one of the task parts, each of the progress bars being aligned in time with respect to each other and each including a corresponding plurality of sequential non-overlapping display units, each of the display units corresponding to one of the work units; and as each of the work units is executed during execution of the task, indicating for each of the task parts, via the corresponding display units for that task part, whether work was performed for that task part during execution of that work unit, wherein the task is a processing of a plurality of messages forming a packetized data transmission, and wherein the work units are each a processing of a substantially equal number of the messages.