US Patent Application 17873093. Progress Monitoring Service simplified abstract

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Progress Monitoring Service

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC==Inventor(s)==

[[Category:Max Dymond of Kings Lynn (GB)]]

Progress Monitoring Service - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17873093 titled 'Progress Monitoring Service

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a progress monitoring service that tracks the progress of a task.

  • The service receives a request for a task identifier from a process manager.
  • It returns an identifier to the process manager.
  • The service then receives progress data about the task from a system carrying out the task.
  • It updates a web page with the progress data.
  • The web page is made available to the end user of the process manager.


Original Abstract Submitted

A progress monitoring service for monitoring progress of a task. The method comprises receiving, from a process manager managing the task, a request for a task identifier. The progress monitoring service returns an identifier to the process manager. The progress monitoring service receives, from a system used to carry out at least part of the task, the identifier and progress data about progress of the task. The progress monitoring service updates a web page with the progress data and makes the web page available to an end user of the process manager.