Patent ID: 8010960

Claim:
A method comprising: initiating an installation of software on a device or a removal of software from the device, the installation or removal of the software involving a plurality of operations, the software comprising a plurality of software components, each operation associated with at least one of the software components; employing a plurality of installers configured to install the software components on or remove the software components from the device; and presenting a status panel associated with the installation or removal of the software to a user, the status panel identifying the plurality of operations associated with the installation or removal of the software and a status of each of the operations, the status panel comprising: information identifying a progress of the operation currently being performed during the installation or removal of the software, the information identifying the progress of the operation currently being performed including an estimated remaining time for the operation currently being performed; information identifying an overall progress of the installation or removal of the software, the information identifying the overall progress of the installation or removal of the software including an estimated remaining time for the installation or removal of the software; and a plurality of visual indicators, each visual indicator identifying the status of an associated one of the operations, wherein: each operation that has been completed is associated with a first type of visual indicator; the operation currently being performed during the installation or removal of the software is associated with a second type of visual indicator; and each operation that has not been completed and that is not currently being performed is associated with a third type of visual indicator.