JPH04273364A - Application program selection method for on-line real time processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To call an application program just by pushing once a program function key through a terminal equipment by providing a correspondence table to a host computer. CONSTITUTION:A host computer 1 containing an application program 5 is provided with a correspondence table 4 and an allocation program 3. A terminal equipment 2 consists of a display device 9 and a keyboard 6. The keyboard 6 includes a program function key and other keys. The table 4 shows the correspondence among the names of all terminal equipments 2, the identification names of all program function keys of the equipments 2, and the names of the desired application programs which are started in response to the identification names of the function keys respectively. The program 3 receives the reception data from the equipment 2 and retrieves the table 4 with the name of the equipment 2 and the identification name of the program function key. Then the program 5 starts the corresponding application program.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for selecting a desired application program from a terminal in an online real-time processing system comprising a host computer and a plurality of terminal devices.

0002

Conventionally, in this type of application program selection method, when there are a large number of application programs, a terminal device first calls a selection screen displaying large items, then calls a selection screen for medium items, and then A small item selection screen was called up, and finally the desired application program was called up.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional application program selection method described above has the disadvantage of being time-consuming because several operations are required before calling the desired application program. If you look at the operational status of a single terminal, you will find that the terminal does not select all application programs, but rather a specific application program. The disadvantage is that unnecessary selection items are displayed.

0004

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides an application program selection method for an online real-time processing system comprising a host computer and a plurality of terminal devices, in which a correspondence table is provided in the host computer and function keys of the terminal devices are provided. The present invention is characterized in that when the host computer operates the application program, the application programs corresponding to the correspondence table are selected by the host computer.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a diagram showing the correspondence table 4 in FIG. 1 and a plan view of the keyboard 6, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a host computer 1 having an application program 5 receives a correspondence table 4 and data received from a terminal.
It is equipped with a sorting program 3 that selects application programs according to the following.

A terminal device 2 consisting of a display device 9 and a keyboard 6 is connected to the host computer 1, and the keypad 6 is provided with program function keys 7 and other keys 8, as shown in FIG.

[0009] The correspondence table 4 associates all the terminal device names with the identification names of all the program function keys 7 of the terminal device 2 and the corresponding application program names to be activated.

The distribution program 3 receives the received data from all the terminal devices 2, searches the correspondence table 4 using the terminal device name and program function key identification name as keys, and starts the corresponding application program 5.

[0011]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention allows application programs to be activated by corresponding to each program function key of each terminal device, so that the application program can be started by simply pressing the program function key once from the terminal device. This has the effect of being able to call up an application program that is suitable for the operation of the terminal device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a correspondence table of FIG. 1;

3 is a plan view of the keyboard 6 of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Host computer 2 Terminal device 3 Sorting program 4 Correspondence table 5 Application program 6 Keyboard 7 Program function key 8 Other keys 9 Display device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an application program selection method for an online real-time processing system comprising a host computer and a plurality of terminal devices, a correspondence table is provided in the host computer, and when a function key of the terminal device is operated, the application program is selected in the correspondence table. An application program selection method for an online real-time processing system, characterized in that a compatible application program is selected by the host computer.