(function($) {

if (typeof $.timeout != "undefined") return; 

$.extend({
  timeout : function (func,delay) {
// init
if (typeof $.timeout.count == "undefined") $.timeout.count = 0; 
if (typeof $.timeout.funcs == "undefined") $.timeout.funcs = new Array(); 
// set timeout
if (typeof func =='string') return setTimeout(func, delay); 
if (typeof func =='function') {
$.timeout.count++;
$.timeout.funcs[$.timeout.count] = func;
return setTimeout("$.timeout.funcs['"+$.timeout.count+"']();", delay);
}
},
  interval : function (func,delay) {
// init
if (typeof $.interval.count == "undefined") $.interval.count = 0; 
if (typeof $.interval.funcs == "undefined") $.interval.funcs = new Array(); 
// set interval
if (typeof func =='string') return setInterval(func, delay); 
if (typeof func =='function') {
$.interval.count++;
$.interval.funcs[$.interval.count] = func;
return setInterval("$.interval.funcs['"+$.interval.count+"']();", delay);
}
},
  idle : function (func,delay) {
// init
if (typeof $.idle.lasttimeout == "undefined") $.idle.lasttimeout = null;
if (typeof $.idle.lastfunc == "undefined") $.idle.lastfunc = null;
// set idle timeout
if ($.idle.timeout) { clearTimeout($.idle.timeout); $.idle.timeout = null; $.idle.lastfunc = null; }
if (typeof(func)=='string') { 
$.idle.timeout = setTimeout(func, delay); 
return $.idle.timeout;
}
if (typeof(func)=='function') { 
$.idle.lastfunc = func;
$.idle.timeout = setTimeout("$.idle.lastfunc();", delay);
return $.idle.timeout;
}
},
  clear : function (countdown) {
clearInterval(countdown);
clearTimeout(countdown);
  }

});


})(jQuery);