JPH04245561A - Terminal screen input data processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the reusing frequency by enavling storage of many kinds of data and also to facilitate the reconstitution of the display data and the selection of data at the time of reusing. CONSTITUTION:At the lime of inputting a normal date, a retrieving means 36 retrieves the stored data including the screen input data received as the normal input data out of a storage means 39. A deleting means 38 deletes the retrieved stored data, and a writing means 37 writes the screen input data received through a terminal 1 into the means 39 together with a new control number. Meanwhile if the reuse is requested for the data received from the terminal 1, the means 36 retrieves the stored data including the designated data out of the means 39 as soon as the data reuse request is received. A display data constitution means 33 constitutes the retrieved stored data to a display form as a non-transmission field and transmitsthe to the terminal 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal screen input data processing method in an online computer system.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In online systems, various data are input on the screen of a terminal and transmitted to a host computer.

[0003] At this time, what is called a field is used, which is a unit for controlling the terminal screen from the host computer.

[0004] Fields have attributes such as ・Transferring to the host computer or not, and enabling/disabling input from the keyboard.The field that transfers to the host computer is the sending field, the host computer Fields that are not transferred to are called non-transmission fields. Furthermore, in the case of a field that allows input from the keyboard, when data is entered in a non-transmission field, it changes to a transmission field.

[0005] Therefore, an application program running on a host computer positions data that requires input from a terminal as a non-transmission field on the screen and waits for the user to input data into that field. When the user enters data in a non-transmission field on the screen, the field changes to a transmission field, and the data is transmitted from the terminal to the host computer.

[0006] By the way, the data input from the terminal may be exactly the same as the data that has already been input, or
There are cases where it can be used with some modification, and in such cases it is wasteful to input data in the same way from the beginning.

[0007] For this reason, there are systems that allow already input data to be reused.

[0008] Conventionally, such data reuse has been achieved by storing all data input from a terminal on the host computer side, and when a request for data reuse is received from the terminal, all stored contents are transferred to the terminal. It was displayed as a non-transmission field on the side, and the user was allowed to select the appropriate field and input/send it.

[0009] Furthermore, when storing input data in a host computer, if the storage area is insufficient, the oldest data is deleted to create space.

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[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, in the conventional method, all input data is stored in preparation for later reuse, and when storage space is insufficient, the oldest data is deleted. As a result, the same data is stored redundantly, making it impossible to use the storage space effectively, and data with different content that will be needed later is deleted, making it impossible to reuse it. was there.

On the other hand, when there is a request from a user to reuse data, in order to display all the stored data on the screen, a considerable amount of processing is required to reconstruct the data for display. There was a drawback that it affected performance. In addition, from the user's side, a large amount of data is displayed, and there is also the drawback that it is difficult to select desired data from among them.

[0012] The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and its purpose is to store as many types of data as possible and increase the frequency with which they can be reused. A second aspect of the present invention is to facilitate the reconstruction of display data during reuse and to facilitate the selection of desired data.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention, in the first invention, stores data including screen input data input from a terminal as normal input data from a storage means. A search means for searching, a deletion means for deleting the retrieved stored data, a writing means for writing the screen input data inputted from the terminal into the storage means with a new management number, and an updating means for controlling each means. In the second invention, when data reuse is requested from a terminal, a search means for simultaneously searching the storage means for stored data including the designated data; The apparatus includes a display data configuring means for configuring stored data into a display format as a non-transmission field and transmitting it to a terminal, and an updating means for controlling each means.

[0014]

[Operation] In the terminal screen input data processing method of the present invention, during normal data input, the search means searches the storage means for stored data including screen input data input as normal input data from the terminal; The deletion means deletes the retrieved stored data, and the writing means writes the screen input data input from the terminal into the storage means with a new management number attached.

On the other hand, when there is a request from the terminal to reuse data, the retrieval means searches the storage means for stored data including the specified data at the same time as the request, and the display data composition means retrieves the stored data from the retrieved memory. Constructs the data into a display format as a non-send field and sends it to the terminal.

[0016]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an online system to which the terminal screen input data processing method of the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, the present embodiment includes a host computer 3 that performs main processing, and a terminal 1 for both transmitting and receiving purposes connected to this host computer 3 via a communication line 2.
It is composed of. Further, the terminal 1 includes a display means 11 having a screen such as a CRT, and an input means 12 having a keyboard etc., and the host computer 3 has a communication processing means 3.
1, received data analysis means 32, and display data composition means 33
, an updating means 34 , an application program 35 , a searching means 36 , a writing means 37 , a deleting means 38 , and a storage means 39 . Note that the functions of each part will be explained through the following operations to avoid duplication.

Hereinafter, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained by case.

(1) A user of the normal data input terminal 1 inputs data using the input means 12 while looking at the screen of the display means 11. Here, the field on the screen in which data can be input is a non-transmission field before data input, but changes to a transmission field by inputting data, and the terminal 1 receives data in a predetermined format including the input data. is transmitted to the host computer 3 via the communication line 2.

[0021] The transmitted data is sent to the host computer 3.
The communication processing means 31 passes it as received data 4 to the received data analysis means 32. Here, the received data 4 has a format as shown in FIG. 2, starting from the beginning with a key ID 41 indicating the type of processing, a cursor position 42 indicating the position of the cursor on the screen, and the input data. screen input data 43.

The received data analysis means 32 analyzes the received data 4
is analyzed, and each of the key ID 41, cursor position 42, and screen input data 43 is passed to the updating means 34.

When the key ID 41 indicates normal data input, the updating means 34 passes the received screen input data 43 as a search key to the searching means 36,
Instruct search.

The updating means 34 also provides screen input data 43 and the like to the application program 35.

The search means 36 searches the stored data 5 in the storage means 39 using the received screen input data 43 as a search key.
A search is made to see if data including the screen input data 43 exists. Here, the storage data 5 has a format as shown in FIG. 3, with a storage area provided for each terminal, and a plurality of pairs of management numbers 51 and screen input data 52, which are assigned in the order in which they are written. ing.

If the search means 36 finds the corresponding data, it returns its management number 51 and screen input data 52 to the update means 34.

When the updating means 34 receives the management number 51 and the screen input data 52 when the corresponding data exists, it passes the management number 51 as a key to the deletion means 38 and instructs deletion.

The deletion means 38 uses the management number 51 as a key to delete the corresponding data (management number 51, screen input data 52) from the stored data 5 of the storage means 39.

Next, the updating means 34 passes the screen input data 43 of the received data 4 already passed from the received data analyzing means 32 to the writing means 37, and instructs it to write.

The writing means 37 writes the latest management number 51
and convert the screen input data 43 into screen input data 5.
2 in the storage means 39. At this time, if there is no area to write new data, the oldest data is deleted based on the management number to create a free area.

On the other hand, even if as a result of the search by the search means 36, the corresponding data does not exist in the storage means 39, the update means 34 similarly passes the screen input data 43 of the received data 4 to the writing means 37, Instruct writing.

The writing means 37 writes the latest management number 51
and convert the screen input data 43 into screen input data 5.
2 in the storage means 39.

[0033] Through the above processing, it is possible to prevent the same data from being stored redundantly in the storage means 39,
It becomes possible to store more data with different contents.

(2) Data input by reuse When the user of the terminal 1 wants to input new data that is the same as the data he has already input or can be used with some modifications, he cannot reuse the data. A part of the data is inputted from the input means 12 along with an instruction requesting its use. Here, if all the data is entered, there is no point in reusing it, so
Enter enough data to narrow down the candidates to a level that does not make selection difficult.

The data transmitted from the terminal 1 is received by the communication processing means 31 of the host computer 3, and the communication processing means 31 passes it as received data 4 to the received data analysis means 32.

The received data analysis means 32 analyzes the received data 4
is analyzed, and each of the key ID 41, cursor position 42, and screen input data 43 is passed to the updating means 34.

[0037] When the key ID 41 indicates that the data is input by reuse, the updating means 34 passes the received screen input data 43 as a search key to the retrieval means 36 and instructs it to perform a search.

The search means 36 uses the received screen input data 43 as a search key to search the stored data 5 in the storage means 39 for data that partially includes the screen input data 43.

[0039] If the corresponding data exists, the search means 36 returns its management number 51 and screen input data 52 to the update means 34.

The updating means 36 instructs the searching means 36 to search until all of the relevant data is searched.

When the updating means 34 receives the screen input data 52 for all the relevant data, it passes them to the display data composing means 33.

The display data configuration means 33 configures the received screen input data 52 as a non-transmission field and passes it to the communication processing means 31.

The communication processing means 31 transmits the passed data to the terminal 1 via the communication line 2.

In the terminal 1, the display means 11 displays the received non-transmission fields as a list on the screen. Note that if the corresponding data does not exist, a message to that effect is displayed.

[0045] The user selects a field suitable for reuse from the list displayed on the screen, and operates the input means 12 to input the data as it is or to modify it as appropriate. do.

By inputting data, the non-transmission field changes to a transmission field, and is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the host computer 3 via the communication line 2.

In this case, since the transmitted data (received data 4) is normal data input, it is processed in the same manner as described above, and the input data is passed to the application program 35.

[0048]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the terminal screen input data processing method of the present invention has the following effects for each of the first and second inventions.

(1) In the case of the first invention, if newly input data is included in already stored data, the input data is stored after deleting the stored data. Content data is not stored redundantly, many types of data can be held within a limited storage area, and the probability of obtaining desired data when reusing is increased.

Furthermore, when managing stored data, there is no need to create unnecessary histories of the same data, so efficient management is possible.

(2) In the case of the second invention, by inputting a part of the data that characterizes the desired data, only the stored data including that data can be treated as candidates, so that the data to be reconstructed for display The amount is reduced, reducing the burden on the system.

Furthermore, since only candidate data is displayed, the total number of displayed data can be made appropriate, and the user can easily make a selection.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an online system to which a terminal screen input data processing method of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the format of received data received by a host computer from a terminal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the format of storage data stored in storage means of a host computer.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...terminal 11...Display means 12...Input means 2...Communication line 3...Host computer 31...Communication processing means 32... Received data analysis means 33...Display data configuration means 34...Updating means 35...Application program 36...Search means 37...Writing means 38...Deleting means 39...Memory means 4...Received data 41...Key ID 42...Cursor position 43...Screen input data 5... Memory data 51...Management number 52...Screen input data

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A search means for searching a storage means for stored data including screen input data inputted as normal input data from a terminal, a deletion means for deleting the retrieved stored data, and a screen inputted from the terminal. 1. A terminal screen input data processing method, comprising a writing means for writing input data into a storage means with a new management number attached thereto, and an updating means for controlling each means. 2. A retrieval means for retrieving stored data including the specified data from a storage means when data reuse is requested from a terminal, and displaying the retrieved stored data as a non-transmission field. 1. A terminal screen input data processing method comprising display data configuring means for configuring and transmitting the data to a terminal, and updating means for controlling each means.