JPH03282760A - Screen display method in online system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of an online system and to improve the quality of data which is inputted in online jobs by simultaneously referring to the display screens of two kinds of the related online jobs. CONSTITUTION:Plural terminal stations 4 connected to a host computer 1 by transmission lines 2a and 2b and display means 4a which are connected to the terminal stations 4 and display the screens of the online jobs are provided and the related second screen of the outer online job is added and displayed to the first screen of the online job which is previously displayed. Consequently, the screens of two kinds of the online jobs can simultaneously be displayed when two kinds of the related online jobs are executed. Thus, operability can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a screen display method in an online system using a large general-purpose computer as a host computer.

[Conventional technology]

The screen display method in conventional online systems is that in online systems that use large general-purpose computers as host computers, when displaying each online business screen, the previous screen is cleared once, and then the next screen is displayed. The method used was to display the .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the screen display method in the conventional online system described above, when performing two types of related online operations,
This method has the disadvantage of poor operability since it is necessary to alternately display screens for two types of online operations.

[Means to solve the problem]

The screen display method in the online system of the present invention is as follows:
The computer comprises a plurality of terminal stations connected to a host computer via a transmission line, and a display means connected to the terminal station for displaying a screen of the online business, and other terminals related to the first screen of the online business currently being displayed. The feature is that a second screen for online business is additionally displayed.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, a host computer 1, which is a large general-purpose computer, connects a terminal controller 3. A terminal workstation 4 is connected. The terminal workstation 4 includes a display section 4a and a keyboard 4b.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart in FIG. 2 showing an example of an online business procedure and explanatory diagrams of examples of display screens shown in FIGS.

In step S1, the user uses the keyboard 4b to input necessary data into the online business screen displayed on the display section 4a. Next, in step S2, another online business display screen shown in FIG. 4, which was prepared as an auxiliary function to determine the data to be input to the screen in FIG. 3, is erased according to the user's instructions. Instead, it is displayed on the display section 4a as shown in FIG. At this time, the contents of the screen shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the host converter 1. Furthermore, if the screen shown in FIG. 4 is simply displayed without allowing the screen shown in FIG. 3 to be erased, unprotected fields (input fields) overlap each other, causing a disturbance in the screen. In order to avoid this screen disturbance, immediately before displaying the screen of FIG. 4, all unprotected fields on the screen of FIG. 3 are changed to protected fields, and then the screen of FIG. 4 is displayed.

In step S3, the user uses the keyboard 4b to input necessary data into the online business display screen shown in FIG. 4, which is displayed as a superimposed screen on the display section 4a. When the work in step S3 is completed, the contents of the screen shown in FIG. 3 stored in the host computer 1 are displayed on the display unit 4a according to the user's instructions, so that the contents of the screen shown in FIG. The screen shown in Figure 4 is erased. (Step S4) [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention not only improves the operability of the online system, but also improves the online It has the effect of improving the quality of data input in business.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an example of online business procedures of this embodiment, and Figs. It is a top view of a display screen for explanation. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Host computer, 2a, 2b... Transmission line, 3... Terminal controller, 4... Terminal workstation, 4a... Display unit, 4b... Keyboard.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of terminal stations connected to a host computer via a transmission line and a display means connected to the terminal station for displaying a screen of an online business, the screen of the online business being displayed first. A screen display method in an online system, characterized in that a second screen of another online business related to the first screen is added and displayed. 2. The screen display method in an online system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage means for storing information on the first and second screens displayed on the display means. 3. Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first or second screen stored in the storage means is displayed on the display means.
Screen display method in the online system described.