JPH0681171B2 - Transmission information output device - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transmission information output system for printing or displaying information transmitted from a processing device, and particularly to reducing the amount of information to be transmitted and reducing the load on the processing device. The present invention relates to a transmission information output device of an online information processing system capable of reducing the noise.

(B) Background of Technology In recent years, a so-called online system in which a plurality of data processing devices are connected via a line is becoming popular. For example, in a bank's online system, when a customer uses a bank automatic payment machine to refund cash, information is exchanged between the automatic cash dispenser and the host computer according to a predetermined rule. Finally, the host computer transmits the information to be recorded in the passbook. This information is, for example, the date of the transaction, the amount paid, the balance, etc. Each of these items must be formatted so that it can be printed in a predetermined column of the passbook.

(C) Conventional Technology and Problems In the conventional system, when transmitting the processing result for the processing request from the terminal device to the terminal device in this way, the host computer is configured to match the format to be printed or displayed on the terminal device. The information was formatted and transmitted to the terminal device. First example of the transmitted text
Shown in the figure. The text includes a text start code STX, a partner code SA indicating a partner station to be transmitted, a device code UA indicating a device to be printed / displayed, and a text end code ETX. The information D1 to Dn is composed of a line number N, a print / display start address AD, item data d1 and d2, and space information CHsp indicating the amount of space existing between the item data. It can be considered that the item data d1 and d2 correspond to the transaction date, the payment amount, and the balance in the above example.

As described above, according to the conventional method, since the information transmitting side performs the format editing of the information, the information transmitted to the terminal device also includes the information for the format control, so that a large amount of information is transmitted. Further, the host computer is generally configured to control a plurality of terminal devices, and performing format editing of information to be transmitted by the host computer increases the load on the host computer.

(D) Object of the Invention Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a transmission information output method capable of reducing the amount of information transmitted via a line and reducing the load on the host computer.

(E) Configuration of the Invention For this purpose, the present invention provides an output device for printing / displaying output information transmitted through a line, and a control for outputting information transmitted by the line from a host computer to the output device. In an online system having a device, the control device has format information for designating a plurality of types of formats to be printed / displayed, and address information indicating a print / display start position of a plurality of item data corresponding to the types of formats. In addition to providing a format table for registering, the information transmitted from the host computer consists of format information indicating the type of format for printing / displaying it and item data, and the control device recognizes the format information. Based on the information, select the address information registered in the format table,
The item data is printed and displayed based on the address information.

(F) Embodiment of the Invention One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, 1 is a host computer, 2 is a terminal device, 21 is a receiving buffer, 22 is a format processing unit, 23 is a format table, and 24 is an output device such as a line printer.
The reception buffer 21 temporarily stores the transmitted information, and the stored information is format-edited by the format processing unit 22 and output to the output device 24.

FIG. 3 shows the text transmitted from the item data calculator 1, and each information D1 to Dn is line number information N and format information.
Includes FN and item data d1 to dn. The format information FN is information that specifies the type of format of the item data d1 to dn and is represented by a format number.

As shown in the table, the format table 23 has a large number of address information defined by a format number (001 to 00n) indicating a plurality of format types and a plurality of item numbers (1 to N). The information is a print / display start address.

Next, the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 2 will be briefly described. Assuming that the text shown in FIG. 3 is transmitted from the host computer 1, the format processing unit 22 prints on the first line.
The format information FN is recognized from the information D1 to be displayed, and the format table 23 is referred to. If the format information FN specifies the number 002, the start address of item 1 is 6, so item data d1 is printed / displayed from the sixth digit. Similarly, the item data d2 is printed / displayed from the 9th digit of the line. Similarly, the format editing is performed on the information D2 to Dn.

(G) Effects of the Invention As described above, the text is transmitted together with the format information indicating the type of format for printing / displaying the output information, and the printing / displaying device recognizes the format information and outputs the output information. Since the information is edited and printed / displayed, the text to be transmitted is only the information to be printed / displayed and the format information, and the transmission amount can be reduced. In addition, the host computer can provide services to other terminal devices only for the time required for conventional format editing, and the response seen from the terminal device can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional transmission text, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an online system, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a transmission text according to this method. In the figure, 1 is a host computer, 2 is a terminal device, 22 is a format processing unit, and 23 is a format table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An output device (24) for printing and displaying output information.
And an online system having a control device (22) for outputting information transmitted from the host computer (1) through the line to the output device (24), the control device (22) is provided with a plurality of printing / displaying devices. A format table (23) for registering format information designating a format type and address information indicating a print / display start position of a plurality of item data corresponding to the format type is provided and transmitted from the host computer (1). The information is composed of format information indicating the type of format for printing / displaying it and item data, and the control device (22) recognizes the format information and based on the information, a format table ( 23) Select the address information registered in 23) and print / display item data based on the address information. Transmission information output apparatus according to claim and.