JPH09231171A - Heterogeneous terminal connection system - Google Patents

Abstract

Kind Code: A1 Abstract: The present invention relates to a heterogeneous terminal connection system, and improves the performance by improving a conversation method with a heterogeneous terminal device in an online data communication system including various terminal devices. The purpose is to SOLUTION: A screen definition body, a means for creating a variable part screen data stream and a fixed part screen data stream by referring to the screen definition body, and transmitting the same to a terminal, and a variable for receiving input data and displaying it on the variable part. A server having means for creating a partial screen data stream, transmitting it to the terminal and displaying it on the variable part on the screen, and displaying a screen based on the transmitted variable part screen data stream and fixed part screen data stream. , A terminal provided with means for transmitting input data input from the variable portion on the screen to the server and means for displaying on the variable portion on the screen based on the transmitted variable portion screen data stream To do.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for connecting terminals of different models which display screens by different screen data, input data from the screens, transmit / receive data, and perform processing.

With the recent multi-vendor computer systems and the widespread use of personal computers, there has been a demand for an online data communication system which enables various terminals to have an equivalent conversation.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a conversation with a heterogeneous terminal device, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, an equivalent dedicated program P1 or P2 is created for each terminal device T1 or T2. As shown, the data stream conversion mechanism S is arranged between the special program P1 that can talk only with the specific terminal device T1 and the heterogeneous terminal device T2. The configuration and operation of FIGS. 8 and 9 will be briefly described below.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view (1) of the prior art. In FIG. 8, in the group of the terminal devices T1, the terminal device T
A dedicated program P1 for the group 1 is created, whereby conversations are performed in the group of terminal devices T1 under the screen data stream unique to the terminal device T1.

Similarly, in the group of the terminal devices T2, a program P2 dedicated to the terminal device T2 is created so that the terminal device T2 can operate under the screen data stream unique to the terminal device T2.
Conversations are processed in groups of two.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view (No. 2) of the prior art. In FIG. 9, in the group of the terminal device T1, the terminal device T
1 dedicated program P1 is created and the terminal device T
Under the screen data stream peculiar to No. 1, it talks with another terminal device, here, the group of terminal device T2, and performs processing.

The data stream conversion mechanism S converts the entire screen data stream unique to the terminal device T1 into the terminal device T2.
It is converted into a unique screen data stream, or conversely, the entire unique screen data stream of the terminal device T2 is converted into
It is also converted into a unique screen data stream.

The group of terminal devices T2 talks with the group of terminal devices T1 via the data stream converting mechanism S to perform processing.

[0009]

In the conventional example of FIG. 8 described above, there is a problem that a dedicated program needs to be developed for each of various terminal devices, which is disadvantageous in terms of development man-hours and costs. there were.

In the example of FIG. 9 described above, it is necessary to convert the entire general-purpose screen data stream by the conversion mechanism, and it is necessary to provide the conversion mechanism for all terminal devices that will appear in the future. There was a problem that could not follow.

In order to solve these problems, it is an object of the present invention to improve the conversation method with terminals of different types in an online data communication system including various terminals to improve performance. .

[0012]

Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the server 2
Is for conversation with a terminal device according to a terminal conversation program to perform processing, and is composed of a screen definition body 3, a fixed part screen data stream generation means 4, a variable part screen data stream generation means 6 and the like. It is something.

The screen definition body 3 is one in which fixed part screen data and variable part screen data are previously defined and registered for each terminal device or common to the terminal devices. The fixed part screen data stream generation means 4 refers to the screen definition body 3 and generates a fixed part screen data stream in advance for each terminal device.

Variable part screen data stream generating means 6
Generates a variable part screen data stream for each terminal device. Variable part screen data stream analysis means 7
Is for analyzing the input data received from the terminal device 1 for each terminal device.

The terminal device 1 talks with the server 2 to display a screen, inputs data from the screen, and performs various processes. Next, the operation will be described.

The variable part screen data stream generation means 6 and the fixed part screen data stream generation means 4 constituting the server 2 retrieve the variable part screen data and the fixed part screen data of the terminal device 1 by referring to the screen definition body 3 and the like. A variable part screen data stream and a fixed part screen data stream are created and transmitted to the terminal device 1, and the terminal device 1 displays a screen on the display device based on the transmitted variable part screen data stream and fixed part screen data stream. Is displayed, the input data input corresponding to the data input from the variable part on the screen is transmitted to the server 2, and the variable part screen data stream analysis means 7 of the server 2 is transmitted from the terminal device 1. Terminal device that analyzes the input data input to the variable unit and creates a variable unit screen data stream to be displayed on the variable unit. Is transmitted, the terminal apparatus 1 which receives the repeated to display the variable portion of the screen, and to perform the processing in conversation.

In these cases, the variable part screen data stream and the fixed part screen data stream are the display position on the screen unique to the terminal device 1, the attribute of the data to be displayed, and the data to be displayed.

The input data transmitted from the terminal device 1 to the server 2 is a variable part screen data stream including a display position on the screen unique to the terminal and data to be displayed.

Therefore, in an online data communication system including a variety of terminal devices 1, it is possible to improve the conversation method with terminal devices of different models and improve the performance.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment and operation of the present invention will be described in detail sequentially with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the server 2 communicates with the terminal device group 1a including the terminal devices 1a-1 to 1a-m and the terminal device group 1b including the terminal devices 1b-1 to 1b-n according to the terminal conversation program. The conversation is for processing, and the screen definition body 3, fixed part screen data stream generation means 4a, 4b, variable part screen field data management means 5, variable part screen data stream generation means 6a, 6
b, variable part screen data stream analysis means 7a, 7b,
The screen data stream transmitting means 8a and 8b, the screen data stream receiving means 9a and 9b, and the like.

The terminal device group 1a including the terminal devices 1a-1 to 1a-m receives screen data (fixed part screen and variable part screen) data defined in advance by the screen definition body 3 and receives a screen on the display device. Is displayed and the data input by the operator from the variable part screen on the screen is transmitted to interactively perform various business processes.

Similarly, the terminal devices 1b-1 to 1b-n.
The terminal device group 1b consisting of is a different screen (fixed part screen and variable part screen) defined in advance by the screen definition body 3.
A terminal for receiving a data transmission, displaying a screen on a display device, transmitting data input by an operator from a variable part screen on the screen, and interactively performing various business processes.

The screen definition body 3 defines a screen. Here, variable part screen data whose data is input or displayed or whose display content is changed and fixed part screen data whose display content is fixed are previously stored in the terminal. It is defined for each device group 1a, 1b or commonly for the terminal device groups 1a, 1b (described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4).

Fixed part screen data stream generation means 4
a and 4b refer to the screen definition body 3 and the terminal device group 1a,
A fixed part screen data stream for performing fixed screen display on each screen for 1b is generated in advance.

Variable part screen field data management means 5
Is for managing the content displayed on the variable part screen by referring to the screen definition body 3. The variable part screen data stream generation means 6a, 6b are variable part screens for performing variable screen display on the respective screens for the terminal device groups 1a, 1b under the control of the variable screen field data management means 5. It is for generating a data stream.

Variable part screen data stream analysis means 7
a and 7b analyze the variable part screen data stream received from the terminal device groups 1a and 1b, take out the data, and pass it to the variable part screen field data management means 5 to manage the data currently displayed on the variable part screen. It is something to do.

Screen data stream transmitting means 8a, 8b
Is a screen data stream obtained by combining the fixed part screen data stream generated by the fixed part screen data stream generation means 4a and 4b and the variable part screen data stream generated by the variable part screen data stream generation means 6a and 6b. It is to be transmitted to the corresponding terminal device.

Screen data stream receiving means 9a, 9b
Receives the variable part screen data stream from the terminal device and passes it to the variable part screen data stream analysis means 7a, 7b.

Next, the operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail in the order shown in FIG. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention. In FIG. 2, S1 selects a terminal device.

In step S2, a screen definition body is selected. These S1 and S2 select which terminal device to display the screen under the configuration of FIG. 1, and then select the screen definition body for this selected terminal device.

In step S3, a variable part screen data stream corresponding to the terminal device selected from the variable part field data is generated. For example, the variable part screen data stream is generated based on the following definition shown in the drawing (see FIG. 4).

[0033] In S4, the fixed part screen data stream and the variable part screen data stream are transmitted. For this, the screen data stream transmitting means 8 in FIG. 1 transmits the fixed part screen data stream and the variable part screen data stream to the corresponding terminal device.

In step S5, the terminal device receiving the fixed part screen data stream and variable part screen data stream transmitted in step S4 displays the screen as a screen on the display device. For example, a screen composed of a fixed part and a variable part is displayed as shown in FIG. 5 described later.

In step S6, data is input (variable part).
In S5, the screen is displayed on the terminal device, and the operator inputs data to the variable part of the screen from a keyboard or the like.

In step S7, the server 2 receives and analyzes the input data input and transmitted in step S6. S8 is S
As a result of the analysis of 7, it is determined whether to display another screen. YES
In the case of, it is found that another screen is displayed, so the process returns to S2, and S2 and subsequent steps are repeated for the another screen to be displayed. On the other hand, in the case of NO, it is determined that the other screen is not displayed, that is, it is determined that the data is displayed in the variable portion of the same screen or the data displayed in the variable portion is changed, so that the process proceeds to S9.

In step S9, data to be displayed on the variable section is created. As the data to be displayed on the variable part, a variable part screen data stream is generated here, for example, the variable part screen data stream is generated based on the following definition shown in the figure.

Screen name Message contents (contents displayed in variable part) -PNLOUT P1 MSG selection is incorrect. In S10, the variable part screen data stream generated in S9 is transmitted. The terminal device receiving the transmitted variable part screen data stream displays the variable part screen data stream on the variable part on the screen in S5. Then, S6 and subsequent steps are repeated.

As described above, when the terminal device is selected, the fixed part screen data stream and the variable part screen data stream generated by referring to the screen definition body 3 of the terminal device are transmitted to the terminal device and received by the terminal device. Based on the fixed part screen data stream and the variable part screen data stream, a screen composed of the fixed part and the variable part (for example, the screen of FIG. 5) is displayed on the display device, and then the operator can obtain data from the variable part on this screen. Is input, the input data is converted into a variable part screen data stream by the server 2
Server 2 analyzes the input variable part screen data stream and creates data (eg, creates a message "There is an error in the selection") and sends it to the terminal device as a variable part screen data stream. Then, the terminal device repeatedly displays the information on the corresponding variable part of the screen (the variable part in the lower part of FIG. 5) to inform the operator, and advances the business process while talking. In these cases, the screen definition body 3 common to each terminal device or prepared by the server 2 is simply prepared by the server 2, and the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. A dedicated fixed part screen data stream and a variable part screen data stream are generated according to each model, so no matter what model (model with fixed part screen data stream and variable part screen data stream), online It became possible to carry out business processing by talking through the screen. The details will be sequentially described below.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the screen definition body of the present invention. The screen definition body 3 is defined, for example, as shown below. PANEL NEME = P1 ** Indicates the field definition.

# = OVL, VTL, UDL, TXTD ** Overline Vertical line Underline Represent fixed part data accordingly] = VTL, TXTD ** Vertical line Represent fixed data% = VTL, UDL, OUTD ** Underline Underline Represents variable part data (output) & = UDL, IND ** Underline Represents variable part data (input)! = RED, OUTD ** Red color Represents variable part data (output) ** Definition of screen layout LAYOUT # Business number # Business name # News]% N1% G1% S1]% N2% G2% S2]% N3% G3 % S3] Job selection =>& SEL Message :! MSG LAYEND FIG. 4 shows an example of the variable part information definition structure of the present invention. this is,
It is an example of the variable part information definition body of the variable part of the screen definition body of FIG. Here, the screen name “P1” and the field names “N1”, “N2”, “N3”, “G1”, “G” in FIG.
2 ”,“ G3 ”,“ S1 ”,“ S2 ”,“ S3 ”,“ S
The set values are defined as illustrated in association with EL "and" MSG ".

FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen actually displayed according to the present invention. This is an example of a screen that is actually displayed based on the screen definition structure of FIG. 3 and the variable part information definition structure of FIG. This screen has the screen name "P1" and the screen layout definition "LAYOU" in the lower part of the screen definition body 3 in FIG.
The screen defined by "T" is displayed with reference to the variable part information definition body of FIG. 4. That is, the #definition number #operation name #news]% N1 at the bottom of the screen definition body 3 of FIG. % G1% S1]% N2% G2% S2]% N3% G3% S3] is set as the information registered in the variable part information definition body of FIG. 4 and displayed as shown below. (Here, the display of the ruled lines (display of the fixed part) is omitted).

Business number Business name News 001 Accounting Normal operation 002 General administration Normal operation 003 Inventory Normal operation FIG. 6 shows an example of data transmitted from the server of the present invention to a terminal. This is an example of the fixed part screen data stream and the variable part screen data stream of S4 of FIG. 2 described above, and is for displaying the screen part of FIG.

FIG. 6A shows a server 1 to a terminal device group 1
The example of the screen data stream transmitted to a and 1b is shown, respectively. Here, the control codes indicating the display positions on the screens of the terminal device groups 1a and 1b are different ((b) in FIG. 6).
, The control code indicating the attribute of the data is different (see FIG. 6).
(B)), the content of the data is different (the code system is different) ((b) of FIG. 6), and as a result, the screen data stream is different (this is the screen definition 3). , And was created according to the variable part information definition).

FIG. 6B illustrates the reason why the screen data stream of FIG. 6A is different for each terminal device. Is displayed in, for example, "2nd row, 8th digit" due to the difference in control code that indicates the display position on the screen.-In the case of the terminal device group 1a, "010208" is generated.

In the case of the terminal device group 1b, "2102"
08 "is generated when, for example, the vertical line and the underline attribute are designated and displayed due to the difference in the control code for instructing the attribute of the data.-In the case of the terminal device group 1a," 02XX "is generated. .

[2200] for the terminal device group 1b
When the contents of the data display the data "accounting" due to the difference in the code system, for example, the terminal device group 1a generates "03XXXX04".

In the case of the terminal device group 1b, "23YY"
7 shows an example of input data from the terminal of the present invention to the server. This is a variable part screen data stream transmitted from the terminal device to the server in S6 and S7 of FIG. 2 described above. Is an example of.

FIG. 7A shows an example of the variable part screen data stream transmitted from the terminal device groups 1a and 1b to the server. Here, the control codes for instructing the input positions on the screens of the terminal device groups 1a and 1b are different ((b) of FIG. 7), and the contents of the data are different (code systems are different) ((of FIG. 7). (b)), therefore, the variable part screen data stream is different as shown in the figure (this is created as data is input to the variable part of the screen being displayed by the terminal device). ).

FIG. 7B illustrates the reason why the variable part screen data stream of FIG. 7A is different for each terminal device. When the input position is designated at, for example, "6th line and 9th digit" due to the difference in the control code for designating the input position on the screen.-In the case of the terminal device group 1a, "010609" is generated.

In the case of the terminal device group 1b, "2106"
Is generated when the content of the data is, for example, data “004” due to the difference in the code system.-In the case of the terminal device group 1a, it is generated as “XXXXXXX”.

In the case of the terminal device group 1b, "YYYY"
The terminal device transmits the generated variable part screen data stream to the server. The server analyzes this and recognizes at which position on which screen the input data is input, and The corresponding process is sent to the terminal device as a variable part screen data stream and displayed on the screen, for example, the message "There is an error in the selection" is displayed in the lower part of Fig. 5 described above, and the operator inputs it to the variable part. Notify that the data is incorrect.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A screen definition body is defined in advance for each terminal device or common to the terminal devices, and with reference to this, a fixed part screen data stream and a variable part screen data stream unique to the terminal device are generated and transmitted to the terminal device 1. 1 displays a screen consisting of a fixed part and a variable part based on these, and when data is input in the variable part of the screen, the input data is sent to the server 2
To the variable data on the screen of the terminal device to notify the result by transmitting the input data received by the server 2 to the variable part screen data stream and analyzing the result. Because it adopts the configuration that performs the processing, only the minimum required data stream is converted (generated) and transmitted / received when talking and performing business processing through the screens of terminal devices of different models. It is possible to improve the conversation performance between different types of terminal devices by minimizing the processing amount.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen definition body of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a variable part information definition structure of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a screen that is actually displayed according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of transmission data from the server of the present invention to a terminal.

FIG. 7 is an example of input data from the terminal of the present invention to the server.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram (1) of a conventional technique.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram (2) of the conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Terminal device (terminal) 2: Server 3: Screen definition body 4: Fixed part screen data stream generation means 5: Variable part screen field data management means 6: Variable part screen data stream generation means 7: Variable part screen data stream analysis Means 8: Screen data stream transmitting means 9: Screen data stream receiving means

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Office reference number FI Technical display location G09G 5/00 555 G09G 5/00 555D

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. In a system for connecting terminals of different models which display screens by different screen data, input data from the screens, transmit / receive data, and perform processing, fixed fixed screen data and variable A screen definition body that predefines variable part screen data,
A means for extracting the variable part screen data and fixed part screen data of the terminal which intends to send the screen data by referring to this screen definition field, creating the variable part screen data stream and the fixed part screen data stream, and transmitting them to the terminal. , A variable part screen data stream for receiving the input data input to the variable part transmitted from the terminal in response to the transmission to the terminal and displaying it on the variable part is transmitted to the terminal and displayed on the screen. And a server provided with means for displaying in the variable part of the variable part, and displaying a screen composed of the fixed part and the variable part on the display device based on the transmitted variable part screen data stream and fixed part screen data stream, A means for transmitting the input data input to the variable portion to the server in response to the data input from the variable portion above, and a means for transmitting the input data. And a terminal provided with means for receiving the variable part screen data stream transmitted corresponding to and displaying the variable part screen data stream on the variable part on the screen of the display device based on the received data stream. Terminal coupling system. 2. The variable part screen data stream and the fixed part screen data stream are a display position on a screen unique to a terminal, an attribute of data to be displayed, and data to be displayed. Heterogeneous terminal connection system. 3. The heterogeneous model according to claim 1, wherein the input data transmitted from the terminal to the server is a variable part screen data stream including a display position on the screen unique to the terminal and data to be displayed. Terminal coupling system.