JPS6175456A - On-line terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a circuit occupation time and to decrease a circuit occupation rate even when an operator is unskilled by providing terminal equipment itself with an interacting function, and disconnecting a communication circuit from the terminal equipment until an interaction between the input operator and terminal equipment is finished. CONSTITUTION:The on-line terminal equipment 3 interacts with the operator through an interacting method 4 firstly to receive input information, and when the result of the interaction is correct, the input information is stored in an input information storage means 6 and the 1st control means 8 turns on an opening and closing means 5 to connect the terminal equipment 5 to the communication circuit 2. Then received information from a host computer 1 is stored in a received information storage means 7 through the means 5 and the input information of the means 6 is transferred to the computer 1. Thus, information is transferred between the computer 1 and terminal equipment 3 and the 2nd control means 9 turns off the means 5 at the stage of the completion to disconnect the circuit 2, so that the received information of the means 7, e.g. result information is outputted afterward on the display device of the means 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to an online terminal for interacting with a computer located at a remote location using a communication line.

(b) Prior art - In a computer online system, the host computer and each terminal are connected via a line, and after password procedures and other procedures are performed, the terminal calls up the necessary service, and the host computer The system requires users to directly interact with each other regarding the items requested by the user, and if the user is unfamiliar with the interaction format, the more unfamiliar the user is, the longer the interaction will take, and the more time the user is The ratio of the time required to send and receive information over the line is extremely low (and the other time is actually spent by the operator deciding what information to input. Therefore, during that time, the line remains internal) There was a problem that the system was not used efficiently.

Packet switching methods have long existed as a means of improving the inefficiency of communication line usage, but this packet switching system is applied to large-scale systems, such as regions, and is extremely difficult to use. However, it was not suitable for solving the problems of individual terminals. In other words, if the packet switching technique were adopted at the terminal level, it would be extremely expensive and difficult to adopt.

(c) Purpose The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional online system described above, and to increase the line occupancy rate of each terminal without increasing the line occupancy time, even if the operator is inexperienced. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an online terminal that can shorten the time required.

(d) Structure In order to achieve the above object, the online terminal of the present invention has an interactive function in the terminal itself, and input information can be first input into the terminal while being separated from the line. ing. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the online terminal 3 of the present invention includes an interaction means 4 for communicating with the operator, an opening/closing means 5 for connecting and disconnecting the communication line 2, and an input obtained through the interaction. An input information storage means 6 for storing information, a reception information storage means 7 for storing information received from the host computer 1, and an opening/closing means 5 are turned on depending on the result of the dialogue, and the human information is transferred to the host computer. a first control means 8 for storing the information from the host computer 1 in the received information storage means 7 while transmitting the information; and a second control means 8 for turning off the opening/closing means 5 and displaying the received information upon completion of communication. It is composed of a control means 9.

In the online terminal 3 of this invention, first, the interaction means 4
interacts with the operator to receive input information, and if the result of the interaction is correct, the input information is stored in the input information storage means 6, and the opening/closing means 5 is turned on by the first control means 8, and the terminal 3 and communication line 2 are connected. and,
Received dialogue information and result information from the host computer 1 is stored in the reception information storage means 7 through the opening/closing means 5, and input information stored in the input information storage means is transferred to the host computer 1 through the opening/closing means 5. .

In this way, information is exchanged between the host computer 1 and the online terminal 3, that is, communication is performed, and when the communication is completed, the second control means turns off the opening/closing means 5, and the communication line is closed. Thereafter, the received information stored in the received information storage means 7, such as result information, is output and displayed on the display included in the dialogue means 4.

(e) Examples Hereinafter, this invention will be explained in more detail with reference to Examples.

As the online terminal 3 of the present invention, a personal computer having a function as a communication terminal is used as an embodiment. This personal computer is equipped with a dialogue program (dialogue means) equivalent to the dialogue of the host computer, a program for detecting errors in input by the operator, and a program for storing each input in a memory. The online terminal 3 calls the host computer 1 when the dialogue is completed, and for each dialogue requested by the host computer 1, sends out the previously input human data information to the line, and also sends the results sent from the host computer 1. is stored in memory as a file. When communication with the host computer 1 is completed as described above, the line is disconnected and the above results are displayed and output as a file.

The online terminal of this embodiment is entirely processed by a program by a personal computer, and its series of operations will be explained with reference to the flow shown in FIG.

In the following explanation, the variable table shown in FIG. 3 will be used. The arrangement of this variable table is of course allocated to the memory of the personal computer.

This variable table includes display statement F1 and online display statement F2.
, input information F3, and check item F4. The display text F1 is described in more detail than the online dialogue text sent from the host computer l, and when displayed, it is at a level that even a person who is not familiar with the operation can easily carry out a dialogue. It is.

The online dialog F2 is the data of the dialog itself sent from the host computer 1, and the input information F2 is the data of the dialog itself sent from the host computer 1.
3 is data input by the operator. The check item F4 indicates the contents of necessary checks regarding the data input by the operator for each of A, B, C1, . . . , P of each display sentence F1.

For example, when A is displayed for the display sentence F1, this corresponds to online dialogue sentence a from the host computer 1, and when the operator inputs a response to this, a check is made regarding the contents of check item 1. If the input information entered by the operator is correct, the first input information F1 is
The input data will be stored in the th storage area.

When the operation of the online terminal ms starts, the processes from step STI to step ST7 are repeated, a dialogue occurs between the terminal and the operator, and human information is read into the terminal. In other words, step STI
First output a display sentence, that is, display sentence A shown in FIG.
is output, and when the operator operates a key in response to the display, the key power input by the operator is read (step 5T2), and this input manual power information is checked according to the check items (step 5T).
3), it is determined whether the check items are correct or not (step 5T4). If the input information is correct, the input information is written in the area corresponding to the display sentence A of the input information table F3. Subsequently, in step ST6, it is determined whether the dialogue has ended. When the displayed sentence has not reached the final displayed sentence P, the determination in step ST6 becomes No, the displayed sentence is moved to the next displayed sentence (step 5T7), and then the process returns to step STI to display the next displayed sentence B. ,
As in the previous case, it waits for input from the operator. Similarly, checks are performed according to the check items, and if the input information is correct, the input information is read into the input information storage area corresponding to display sentence B. As described above, the operator inputs input information for the displayed sentences from A to P, and the dialogue progresses. When the input up to display sentence P is completed, this means that the dialogue has ended, and step ST
The determination of 6 is YES.

The above processing from step STI to step ST7 corresponds to the dialog means.

Until the dialogue from steps STI to ST7 is completed, dialogue is only taking place between the operator and the terminal 3, and at this stage the communication line 2 and the terminal 3 are disconnected. When it is determined in step ST6 that the dialogue has ended, communication line 2 is then connected (step 5T8).
).

Once the communication line 2 is connected, the system waits for a dialogue message to be sent from the host computer 1, and when the dialogue message is sent, it is read (step 5T9). This dialogue text is then compared with the dialogue text stored in the table in the memory (step 5TIO). If the same dialogue sentence exists in the table, the determination at step 5T11 becomes YES, and the corresponding input information from within the table is transferred to the host computer via the communication line 2 (step 5T
L2). However, if there is no identical dialog in step 5T11, this information is considered to be a comment or result from the host computer 1, and the result information is written and stored in memory (step 5T13).

Next, in step 5T14, it is determined whether the communication has ended or not, but if the interaction between the host computer 1 and the online terminal 3 continues, the determination in step 5T14 is NO, and step The process returns to ST9, and communication is performed by repeating the process of reading dialogue text from the host computer and transferring input information. When the above processing is completed, that is, the determination of communication termination is YES.
Then, the communication line 2 is disconnected from the terminal 3 (step 5T15), and after the terminal 3 no longer occupies the communication line 2, it displays the result value stored in the memory on the display ( Step 5TI6).

(f) Effects According to this invention, the terminal device itself is equipped with an interaction function, and until the interaction between the input operator and the terminal device is completed,
Since the communication line is separated from the terminal, line utilization efficiency can be greatly improved without making any changes to the host computer line network. In addition, when it comes to direct interaction between the host computer and the operator, the interaction cannot be displayed adequately, but the interaction function of the terminal itself allows
Since the display for the operator is made in sufficient detail, the operability for the operator is improved, and in this sense as well, although indirectly, the line utilization efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of the online terminal of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the control flow of the online terminal according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a variable table used in the online terminal according to the embodiment. FIG. l: host computer, 2: communication line, 3: online terminal, 4: dialogue means, 5: opening/closing means, 6
: Input information storage means, 7: Receiving information storage means, 8: First control means, 9: Second control means Patent applicant Shimadzu Corporation Agent
Patent Attorney Shigeru Nakamura Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An online terminal connected to a host computer via a communication line, comprising: an interaction means for communicating with an operator; an opening/closing means for connecting and separating the communication line; and input obtained through the interaction. input information storage means for storing information; reception information storage means for storing information received from the host computer; and depending on the result of the interaction, the opening/closing means is turned on to transfer the input information to the host computer. On the other hand, an online online system comprising: first control means for storing information from the host computer in the received information storage means; and second control means for turning off the opening/closing means upon completion of communication and displaying the received information. terminal machine.