JPH05122294A - Real time communication system for portable terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the operator to immediately confirm that input data are surely sent to a host computer in the communication system for a portable terminal equipment utilizing an office computer. CONSTITUTION:The system consists of an operator interface means 11, a 1st office computer communication means 12 of a portable terminal equipment 1, a counter portable terminal equipment communication means 13, a communication control means 14, a counter host computer communication means 15 and a fault management means 16 of an office computer 2, a counter office computer communication means 17 and a reception data file section 18 of a host computer 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a real-time communication system for portable terminals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional portable terminal communication system comprises an operator interface means 11 for inputting / outputting data in a portable terminal 1A and an office computer communication means 81 for performing data communication with an office computer as shown in FIG. Have, office computer 2A
In this case, data communication is performed with the portable terminal communication means 82 that performs data communication with the portable terminal 1A, the transmission / reception data file unit 42 that stores transmission / reception data, and the host computer 3A. The host computer communication means B is provided, and the host computer 3A has the office computer communication means 84 for performing data communication with the office computer and the reception data file 18 for storing the reception data.

Next, the operation will be described.

The operator inputs data by the operator interface means 11. As a result, the office computer communication means 81 operates to transmit data to the portable terminal communication means 82, and when the transmission of all data is completed, the operator interface means 11 is notified of the processing result and the processing is terminated. As a result, the operator interface means displays a message on the input / output screen section 21 and ends the processing. Further, the portable terminal communication means 82 outputs the data received from the office computer communication means 81 to the transmission / reception file section 42, and ends the processing.

Also, the computer communication means 8 for offices
5 starts operating at an arbitrary activation trigger, and as a result, the host computer communication means 83 operates, inputs data from the transmission / reception file section 42, transmits data to the office computer communication means 84, and transmits all data. When is finished, the process is finished. The office computer communication means 84 outputs the data received from the host computer communication means 83 to the received data file section 18 and ends the processing.

[0006]

In the above-mentioned conventional portable terminal communication method using an office computer, the communication between the portable terminal and the office computer and the communication between the office computer and the host computer are performed asynchronously. Therefore, the operator cannot confirm immediately that the input data has been transmitted to the host computer.

[0007]

A portable terminal real-time communication system according to the present invention is a portable device having an operator interface means for inputting / outputting data and a first communication means for office computer for data communication with an office computer. A host computer having a terminal, a second means for communicating with an office computer for performing data communication with an office computer, and a received data file section for storing received data; and means for communicating with a portable terminal for performing data communication with the portable terminal, Host computer communication means for performing data communication with the host computer, communication control means for controlling the portable terminal communication means and the host computer communication means, and failure management means for controlling operation when a failure occurs. Office computer having Constituted by a Yuta.

[0008]

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the real-time communication system of a portable terminal comprises a portable terminal 1, an office computer 2 and a host computer 3. Of these, the portable terminal 1 comprises an operator interface means 11 for inputting / outputting data and a first communication means 12 for office computer for data communication with an office computer.
Is a portable terminal communication means 13 for data communication with the portable terminal 1, a communication control means 14 for controlling each communication means, a host computer communication means 15 for data communication with a host computer, and an operation at the time of failure occurrence. The host computer 3 comprises a second office computer communication means 17 for performing data communication with an office computer and a received data file section 18 for storing received data.

Operator interface means for inputting and outputting data as shown in FIG.
Thus, the input data receiving unit 22 that receives the input data, the input data determination unit 23 that determines the input data, and the input data storage unit 24 that stores the input data.
And an office computer communication means calling unit 25 that gives an operation trigger to the office computer communication means 12,
The input data file unit 26 stores input data.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first means for communicating with the office computer for performing data communication with the office computer determines the execution state of the data communication with the office computer communication executing unit 31 for executing the data communication with the office computer. A communication state determination unit 32, a communication processing unit 33 that performs a process during data communication, a normal end processing unit 34 that operates when data communication ends normally, and an abnormal end process that operates when data communication ends abnormally And part 35.

As shown in FIG. 4, the portable terminal communication means 13 for performing data communication with the portable terminal, the portable terminal communication execution unit 41 for executing data communication with the portable terminal, the transmission / reception data file unit 42, and the data communication. The communication state determination unit 43 for determining the execution state of the communication, the communication completion notification output unit 44 for notifying the completion of the data communication, and the failure notification output unit 45 for notifying the occurrence of the failure.

As shown in FIG. 5, the communication control means for controlling each communication means includes a communication completion notification receiving section 51 for receiving a communication completion notification, and a notification determining section 52 for judging the received notification.
And an operation instruction notification creating section 53 for creating an operation instruction notification for the host computer communication means 15, an operation instruction notification creating section 54 for creating an operation instruction notification for the portable terminal communication means 13, and an operation instruction notification. It is composed of an operation instruction notification output unit 55.

As shown in FIG. 6, the communication means 15 with the host computer for performing data communication with the host computer, and the communication execution section 61 for executing the data communication with the host computer, and the communication state for judging the execution state of the data communication. The determination unit 62, a communication completion notification output unit 63 that notifies the completion of data communication, and a failure notification output unit 64 that notifies the occurrence of a failure.

As shown in FIG. 7, the fault management means 16 for controlling the operation upon occurrence of a fault has a fault notification receiving section 71 for receiving a fault notification and a fault notification determining section 72 for determining a fault notification.
And create an operation instruction notification for the portable terminal communication means 13. The operation instruction notification creation unit 73, the operation instruction notification output unit 74 that outputs the operation instruction notification, the failure information output unit 75 that outputs the failure information to the screen, and the input / output screen unit 76.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 2, in the operator interface means 11 for inputting / outputting data, the input data receiving section 22 operates and receives data by inputting an arbitrary instruction of the operator from the input / output section screen section 21. As a result, the input data determination unit 23 operates. Input data determination unit 23
Judges the data inputted by the operator, and if it is a communication instruction, it calls the computer communication means calling unit 25 to the office.
To start. As a result, the office computer communication means calling unit 25 operates and control is transferred to the office computer communication means. If the data input by the operator is entry data,
The data storage unit 24 is activated. As a result, the data storage unit 24 operates and outputs the data to the input data file 26.

As shown in FIG. 3, an office computer communication means 84 for performing data communication with an office computer.
Is activated by the calling section 25 for communicating with the office computer. As a result, the office computer communication execution unit 31 operates and transmits the data stored in the input data file unit 26 to the portable terminal communication execution unit 41. As a result, the communication state determination unit 32 operates, and if the determination result is that communication is in progress, the in-communication processing unit 33 is activated. As a result, the in-communication processing unit 33 operates to display a message in communication on the input / output screen unit 21 in order to notify the operator that communication is in progress. Further, the communication state determination unit 32 activates the normal termination processing unit 34 if the determination result is normal termination. As a result, the normal termination processing unit 34 operates to display a normal termination message on the input / output screen unit 21, and the processing of this means is terminated. If the determination result is abnormal termination, the communication status determination unit 32 activates the abnormal termination processing unit 35. As a result, the abnormal termination processing unit 35 operates, the message of abnormal termination is displayed on the input / output screen unit 21, and the processing of this means ends.

As shown in FIG. 4, the portable terminal communication means 13 for performing data communication with the portable terminal is activated by the office computer communication execution unit 31. As a result, the portable terminal communication execution unit 41 operates, receives the data transmitted from the office computer communication execution unit 31, and outputs the data to the transmission / reception data file unit 42.
As a result, the communication state determination unit 43 operates, and if the determination result is abnormal end, the failure notification output unit 45 is activated. As a result, the fault notification output unit 45 operates and outputs a fault notification to the fault management means 16, and the processing of this means ends. Further, the communication status determination unit 43 activates the communication completion notification output unit 44 if the determination result is normal end. As a result, the communication completion notification output unit 44 operates and outputs the communication completion notification to the communication control unit 14. At this time, the portable terminal communication execution unit 41 has operation instructions from the communication control unit 14 and the failure management unit 16 while maintaining the communication path with the office computer communication execution unit 31. Upon receiving the operation instruction from the operation instruction notification output unit 55 and the operation instruction notification output unit 74, the portable terminal communication execution unit 41 notifies the office computer communication execution unit 31 of the communication result to the host computer and outputs the portable information. Terminal communication means 13
Ends the process.

As shown in FIG. 5, the communication control means 14 for controlling the portable terminal communication means 13 and the host computer communication means 15 is activated by the communication completion notification output section 44 and the communication completion notification output section 63. .. As a result,
The communication completion notification receiving unit 51 operates and receives each communication completion notification. As a result, the notification determination unit 52 operates, and if the notification is from the communication completion notification output unit 44, the operation instruction notification creating unit 53 operates, creates an operation instruction notification for the host computer communication means 15, and operates. The instruction notification output unit 55 is activated. As a result, the operation instruction notification output unit 55
Operates and outputs an operation instruction to the host computer communication means 15, and the processing of the communication control means 14 ends. Also,
If the notification is from the communication completion notification output unit 63, the notification determination unit 52 operates the operation instruction notification creating unit 54 to create an operation instruction notification for the portable terminal communication unit 13, and causes the operation instruction notification output unit 55 to operate. to start. As a result, the operation instruction notification output unit 55 operates, outputs an operation instruction to the portable terminal communication means 13, and the processing of the communication control means 14 ends.

As shown in FIG. 6, means 15 for communicating with the host computer 3 for performing data communication with the host computer 3.
Is activated by an instruction from the operation instruction notification output unit 55. As a result, the host computer communication execution unit 61 operates, reads the data from the transmission / reception data file unit 42, and transmits the data to the second office computer communication unit 17. As a result, the communication state determination unit 62 operates, and if the determination result is abnormal end, the failure notification output unit 64
To start. As a result, the failure notification output unit 64 operates,
A fault notification is output to the fault management means 16 and the processing of the host computer communication means 15 is terminated. Further, the communication status determination unit 62 activates the communication completion notification output unit 63 if the determination result is normal end. As a result, the communication completion notification output unit 63 operates and outputs a communication completion notification to the communication control means 14, and the processing of the host computer communication means 15 ends.

As shown in FIG. 7, the fault management means 16 for controlling the operation when a fault occurs is activated by the fault notification output unit 45 and the fault notification output unit 64. As a result, the fault notification receiving unit 71 operates and receives the fault notification. As a result, the failure notification determination unit 72 operates and activates the failure information output unit 75 if the failure notification is from the failure notification output unit 45. As a result, the failure information output unit 75 operates, the failure message is displayed on the input / output screen unit 76, and the processing of the failure management unit 16 ends. If the failure notification is from the failure notification output unit 64, the failure notification determination unit 72 activates the operation instruction notification creating unit 73. As a result, the operation instruction notification creating unit 73 operates to create an operation instruction notification for the portable terminal communication execution unit 41, and activates the operation instruction output unit 74. As a result, the operation instruction output unit 74 operates, outputs an operation instruction notification to the portable terminal communication execution unit 41, and the processing of the failure management means 16 ends.

As shown in FIG. 1, the second computer communication means for office 17 for data communication with the office computer is activated and operated by the communication execution part 61 for host computer, and the communication execution part 61 for host computer.
Received data transmitted from the received data file section 1
Output to 8.

[0023]

As described above, the present invention is a communication method for a portable terminal using an office computer, in which communication between the portable terminal and the office computer and communication between the office computer and the host computer are performed in series. Since the operation is performed, the operator can immediately confirm that the input data has been transmitted to the host computer, which has the effect of eliminating the host non-arrival data of the portable terminal input data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the operator interface means.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first computer communication means for office.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing communication means for portable terminals.

5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the communication control means shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation of the host computer communication means.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the management means.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a real-time communication system of a portable terminal according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 portable terminal 2 office computer 3 host computer 11 operator interface 12 first communication means for office computer 13 communication means for portable terminal 14 communication control means 15 communication means for host computer 16 fault management means 17 second communication means for office computer 18 Received data file section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal having an operator interface means for inputting / outputting data, a first office computer communication means for data communication with an office computer, and a second office office for data communication with an office computer. A host computer having a computer communication means and a received data file section for storing received data; a portable terminal communication means for performing data communication with the portable terminal; and a host computer communication means for performing data communication with the host computer, A portable computer comprising an office computer having a communication control means for controlling the portable terminal communication means and the host computer communication means, and a failure management means for controlling the operation when a failure occurs. Realtor of terminal Non-communication system.