JPH02268361A - Online information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify operation procedures of route switching by designating another online program means as the destination of route restoration after line switching. CONSTITUTION:At the time of route restoration, a destination information reference means 12 of an online program means 14 which receives the indication refers to destination information stored in a destination information storage device 11 and transfers the contents to a route restoration request transmitting means 8. The means 8 takes out the identifier of an online program means 15 and counts down the value of a counter by one. Then, an online program 16 is indicated as the destination of route restoration. The means 8 transmits destination information and the identifier of the means 15 to a route change request receiving means 5. The means 5 transfers it to a route change indicating means 3. The means 3 transfers the identifier of the means 15 to a route switching means 2 and transfers destination information to a destination transmitting means 4. The means 2 switches the data route to that between a terminal equipment 2 and the means 15. The means 4 transfers destination information to a destination information receiving means 9.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention is suitable for use in an online information processing device.

The present invention relates to changing a route return destination after switching a communication route.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides an online information processing device that transmits and receives data between a terminal device and a plurality of online program means in a host computer, in which another online program means is used as the destination for returning to a route after a route switch. By making it possible to specify the route, it reduces constraints when determining the order of route switching, simplifies the operating procedure by eliminating the need for extra operations to return to the route, and allows the side whose route has been switched to recognize information about the route return. This is how it was done.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional route recovery after switching the communication route, the online program means to return to when returning to the route is limited to the original online program means itself that issued the route switch request, and The online program itself cannot recognize the destination information of the previous online program and the information indicating the order of return.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the above-mentioned conventional path restoration after switching the communication path, it may be necessary to return to the original online programming means through an online programming means that does not require path restoration.

For example, in an online information processing device in which four online program means operate, the route connecting the terminal device and the online program means A is switched, the terminal device and the online program means B are connected by the route, and then the online The route is switched in the order of the program means 01 and the online program means A, and then the route is switched back to the original online program means A, in case it becomes necessary.

In this case, first the terminal device and the online program Hand&B
An operation is performed to connect the terminal device and the online program means C by the route by switching the route connecting the terminal device and the online program means C. moreover,
An operation is performed to switch the route from the online program means C to the online program means. Then online program means 01 online program hand & b,
The operation for restoring the route is performed in the order of online program means A. Therefore, an unnecessary operation such as returning the online program means 01 to the online program means B becomes necessary.

Further, there is a problem in that the online program means on the side to which the route has been switched cannot recognize what kind of route return will be performed thereafter because it does not have information regarding the route return.

The present invention solves these problems, and is capable of specifying another online program means as the destination of the route restoration after route switching, and by specifying the identifier of the online program means that restores the route and the order of restoration. An object of the present invention is to provide a device that allows online program means on the side to which the route has been switched to recognize the information shown.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides an online information processing device that transmits and receives data between a terminal device and a plurality of online program means in a host computer, in which the online program means has a path through which data flows between the terminal device and the plurality of online program means. Destination information receiving means for receiving destination information transmitted when the destination information is switched; Destination information registration means for registering the destination information received from this destination information receiving means; and Destinations registered by this destination information registration means. a destination information storage device that stores information; a destination information reference device that refers to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device; a route return request transmitting means for transmitting a request to switch the route together with destination information; a destination information setting means for resetting the destination information by adding information indicating the destination at the time of route restoration to the destination information; and the destination information reference means. route switching request transmitting means for causing the destination information setting means to reset referenced destination information and transmitting a request to switch the route together with the reset destination information; or a route change request receiving means for receiving the destination information and a request to switch the route transmitted by the route return request transmitting means, and transmitting a request to switch the route passed from the route change request receiving means, and transmitting the route change request. a route change instructing means for transmitting destination information passed from the receiving means; and a route through which data flows between the terminal device and the online program means based on a request to switch the route passed from the route change instructing means. The present invention is characterized in that it comprises a route switching means for switching the route, and a destination information transmitting means for transmitting the destination information passed from the route change instructing means to the destination information receiving means.

[Effect]

The destination information receiving means receives the destination information transmitted when the data flow route between the terminal device and the online program means is switched, and the destination information registering means receives the destination information from the destination information receiving means. Register in the destination information storage device. The destination information reference means refers to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device, and the route return request sending means issues a request to switch the route to the destination at the time of route return indicated by the destination information referenced by the destination information reference means. It is sent to the route change request receiving means together with the destination information.

The destination information setting means adds information indicating the destination at the time of route restoration to the destination information and resets the destination information, and the route switching request sending means re-sets the destination information referenced by the destination information reference means using the destination information setting means. and transmits a request to switch the route together with the reset destination information to the route change request receiving means. Next, the route change request receiving means receives the destination information and the request to switch the route transmitted from the route change request transmitting means or the route return request transmitting means, and the route change instructing means receives the route passed from the route change request receiving means. A request for switching is passed to the route switching means, and destination information passed from the route change requesting means is passed to the destination information transmitting means. The route switching means switches the route through which data flows between the terminal device and the online program means based on the route switching request passed from the route change instructing means, and the destination information transmitting means switches the route through which data flows based on the route switching request passed from the route change instructing means. Send destination information to destination information receiving means.

As a result, it is possible to specify another online program means as the destination for returning to a route after a route switch, reducing constraints when determining the order of route switching in processing that spans multiple online program means. The operating procedure can be simplified, and furthermore, the online program means on the side to which the route has been switched can recognize the identifier of the online program means for restoring the route and the information indicating the order of restoration.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described based on the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment of the present invention has a terminal device 1 and a host computer 13.
Multiple online program means within 14.15.16
．． Online program means 14.15.16. of the online information processing device that transmits and receives data to and from 17.
17, a destination information receiving means 9 that receives destination information transmitted when the route through which data flows with the terminal device 1 is switched, and destination information received from this destination information receiving means 9 are registered. a destination information storage device 11 that stores destination information registered by the destination information registration device 10; and a destination information storage device 1 that stores the destination information registered by the destination information registration device 10.
Destination information reference means 1 for referencing destination information stored in 1
2, a route return request transmitting means 8 for transmitting a request to switch the route to the destination at the time of route return indicated by the destination information referenced by the destination information reference means 12 together with the destination information; The destination information setting means 6 resets the destination information by adding information indicating the destination at the time, and the destination information setting means 6 resets the destination information referenced by the destination information reference means 12, and sends a request to switch the route. The route switching request transmitting means 7 or the route return request transmitting means 8 is transmitted to the host computer 13 along with the reconfigured destination information.
The route change request receiving means 5 receives the destination information and the request to switch the route transmitted by the route change request receiving means 5, and the route change request receiving means 5 transmits the request to switch the route passed from the route change request receiving means 5. a route change instructing means 3 for transmitting destination information passed from the route change instructing means 3;
Terminal device 1 and online program means 14.15.16.17 based on a request to switch routes passed from
and destination information transmitting means 4 for transmitting destination information passed from route change instructing means 3 to destination information receiving means 9.

Next, the overall operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained separately for route switching and route return.

First, in the case of route switching, online information processing device 1
When the terminal device 1 and the online program means 14 are connected by switching the route from the online program means 15 of 8, and then the online program means 17 is set as the route return destination and the route is switched to the online program means 16. will be explained as an example.

When the route is switched from the online program means 15 to the online program means 14, destination information is transmitted from the destination information transmitting means 4 to the destination information receiving means 9 in the online program means 14.

As shown in FIG. 2, the format of the destination information is a plurality of nine online program means identifier storage areas 21 and 22 for storing the identifier of the online program means that is the destination for route reversion, and the destination for the latest route switch. An area for a counter 20 indicating the position of an online program means identifier storage area 21 and 22 in which an identifier of an online program means is stored.

The numerical value stored in the counter 20 indicates the order from the beginning of the corresponding online program means identifier storage area 21, 22, and when the numerical value is added, it points to the later area, and when the numerical value is subtracted, it points to the previous area. refers to

The destination information receiving means 9 receives the destination information transmitted from the destination information transmitting means 4. At this time, a value indicating an online program means identifier storage area 21 is stored in the destination information 20, and an identifier of the online program means 15 is stored in the online program means identifier storage area 21.

Destination information receiving means 9 passes the received destination information to destination information registration means 10. Destination information registration means 10 registers destination information and stores it in destination information storage device 11.

Next, when performing route switching, the route switching request sending means 7 first outputs an instruction to the destination information reference means 12 to refer to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device 11. The destination information reference means 12, which has received an instruction from the route switching request transmitting means 7, refers to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device 11 and passes the contents to the route switching request transmitting means 7.

The route switching request transmitting means 7, which has received the destination information from the destination information reference means 12, passes the destination information and the identifier of the online program means 17 which will be the destination at the time of route restoration to the destination information setting means 6. The destination information setting means 6 increments the value of the counter 20 in the received destination information by one. Then, the identifier of the online program means 17 is stored in the online program means identifier storage area 22 indicated by the value of the counter 20 after the change. This causes the destination information to indicate the online program means 17 as the latest route return destination.

The destination information setting means 6 passes the destination information set in this way to the route switching request sending means 7. The route switching request sending means 7 transmits the destination information passed from the destination information setting means 6 and the online program means 16 for the route switching destination.
The route change request receiving means 5 uses the identifier as a route change request.
Send to.

The route change request receiving means 5 receives the transmitted route change request and passes it to the route change instructing means 3. The route change instructing means 3 passes the identifier of the online program means 16 that is the switching destination in the route change request passed from the route change request receiving means 5 to the route switching means 2, and passes the destination information to the destination information transmitting means 4. .

The route switching means 2 changes the data flow route provided between the terminal device 1 and the online program means 14 between the terminal device 1 and the online program means 16 based on the passed identifier of the online program means 16. Switch.

The destination information transmitting means 4 transmits the destination information to the destination information receiving means 9 in the online program means 16.

Here, the processing of the destination information setting means 6 will be explained using FIG. 3.

In FIG. 3, the destination information setting means 6 receives the destination information and the identifier of the online program means to be the route switching destination from the route switching request transmitting means 7 (step A-1), and calculates the value of the counter 20 in the destination information. Step A-2) to add 1 to the value of the counter 20, step A-3) to store the identifier of the online program means in the area indicated by the value of the counter 20, and step A-4 to pass the destination information to the route switching request transmitting means 7. , ends the process.

Next, regarding the route return operation, the terminal device 1 and the online program means 14 are connected by a route by the route return,
Next, a case in which the route is returned to the online program means 15 will be explained as an example.

When the route is switched from the online program means 15 to the online program means 14, destination information is transmitted from the destination information transmitting means 4 to the destination information receiving means 9 in the online program means 14. At this time, the counter 20 in the destination information stores a value indicating the online program means identifier storage area 22, the online program means identifier storage area 21 stores the identifier of the online program means 16, and the online program means identifier storage area 21 stores the identifier of the online program means 16. It is assumed that the identifier of the online program means 15 is stored in the area 22.

Destination information receiving means 9 receives the destination information transmitted from destination information transmitting means 4 and passes it to destination information registration means 10 . Destination information registration means 10 registers destination information and stores it in destination information storage device 11 .

When performing a route return, first the route return request transmitting means 8
outputs an instruction to the destination information reference means 12 to refer to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device 11. Upon receiving the instruction, the destination information reference means 12 refers to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device 11 and passes the contents to the route return request transmitting means 8. The route return request transmitting means 8
The receiver retrieves the identifier of the online program means 15 stored in the online program means identifier storage area 22 indicated by the counter 20 in the received destination information, and subtracts 1 from the value of the counter 20. The destination information thereby indicates the online program means 16 as the latest route return destination.

Next, the route return request transmitting means 8 transmits the destination information and the retrieved identifier of the online program means 15 as a route change request to the route change request receiving means 5. The route change request receiving means 5 receives the transmitted route change request and passes it to the route change instructing means 3.

The route change instruction means 3 passes the identifier of the online program means 15 in the route change request to the route switching means 2,
The destination information is passed to the destination information transmitting means 4. The route switching means 2 switches between the terminal device 1 and the online program means 1 based on the passed identifier of the online program means 15.
4 is switched between the terminal device 1 and the online program means 15. The destination information transmitting means 4 transmits the destination information to the destination information receiving means 9 in the online program means 15.

Here, regarding the process by the route return request transmitting means 8, the fourth
Explain using diagrams.

In FIG. 4, the route return request transmitting means 8 receives and receives destination information from the destination information reference means 12 (step B-1).
, Step B-2) of extracting the identifier of the online program means stored in the area indicated by the counter 20 in the destination information, Step B-3) of subtracting the value of the counter 20 by 1, Route change request receiving means Step B-4: Pass destination information and online program identifier to 5.
), the process ends.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is an effect in the case where the communication route is returned after switching the communication route.

■ By making it possible to specify another online program means as the destination for route return after route switching, the route switching order can be used when processing needs to be performed across multiple online program means. Restrictions at the time of determination are alleviated, and the operation procedure for switching routes can be simplified since there is no need for an extra operation for returning the route.

(2) The online program means on the side to which the route has been switched can recognize the identifier of the online program means for restoring the route and the information indicating the order of restoration.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of destination information according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the destination information setting means according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the route restoration request transmitting means according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1... Terminal device, 2... Route switching means, 3...
- Route change instruction means, 4... Destination information transmission means, 5.
. . . Route change request receiving means, 6 . . . Destination information setting means, 7 .
Destination information registration means, 11...Destination information storage device, 12
... Destination information reference means, 13 ... Host convenience store information, 14.15.16.17 ... Online program means, 18 ... Online information processing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An online information processing device that transmits and receives data between a terminal device and a plurality of online program means in a host computer, wherein the online program means transmits and receives data to and from the terminal device. destination information receiving means for receiving destination information transmitted when the flow route is switched; destination information registration means for registering the destination information received from the destination information receiving means; a destination information storage device that stores the destination information stored in the destination information storage device; a destination information reference device that refers to the destination information stored in the destination information storage device; and a route return indicated by the destination information referenced by the destination information reference device. route return request transmitting means for transmitting a request to switch the route to the destination along with destination information; destination information setting means for resetting the destination information by adding information indicating the destination at the time of route recovery to the destination information; route switching request transmitting means for causing the destination information setting means to reset the destination information referenced by the reference means and transmitting a request to switch the route together with the reset destination information; route change request receiving means for receiving the destination information and a request to switch the route transmitted by the request transmitting means or the route return request transmitting means; a route change instructing means for transmitting destination information passed from the route change request receiving means; and data between the terminal device and the online program means based on the route switching request passed from the route change instructing means. 1. An online information processing apparatus comprising: a route switching means for switching a route along which a message flows; and a destination information transmitting means for transmitting destination information passed from the route change instructing means to the destination information receiving means.