Animated visuals representing processing operations is commonplace now but wasn't always. Recall when Windows XP was first released and visual representations of processing operations (such as copying files between folders) was first used.
Method and apparatus for dynamic visual feedback messaging in a graphical user interface of a data processing system.
IBM Inventors
Bob Torres, a Senior Technical Staff Member with Global Business Services, worked together with Thomas B. Douglas (Dallas, Texas) to create this patent. Bob has 47 patents officially.