JPH05158875A - On-line terminal management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To manage in a batch the reference of a utilizing state at an arbitrary point of time, and the output of a utilizing history by a managing terminal, in a terminal used for an on-line task. CONSTITUTION:This system is equipped with an auxiliary storage device 26 which stores terminal information applied from a managing terminal equipment 23 at the time of the on-line task, and center information generated at a center station 21 at the time of the on-line task, as the management information. Then, an information processing 24 processes the management information according to a request from the managing terminal equipment 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to management of usage status in a terminal device connected to a center and executing terminal information processing online, and more particularly to a management system for collectively managing the usage status of a center activated online by a management terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a center-activated online system shown in FIG. 2 includes a center station (center computer) 11 and a plurality of terminal devices 12, and each terminal device 12 is online with the center computer 11 and terminal information processing. Is running.

The center computer 11 has a main storage unit 1
1a, online auxiliary function 11b, and information processing unit 11
When the terminal device 12 attempts to refer to the online usage status, the online auxiliary status 11b, which is an operating system (OS) function, is used to refer to the online usage status.

[0004]

When referring to the online usage status using the online auxiliary function 11b as described above, the information is limited to the information directly managed by the online auxiliary function 11b itself. That is, it is possible to refer to the activation state of each program, but it is not possible to refer to the information regarding the terminal device that uses each program.

By the way, when referring to the information about the terminal device using each program as described above, that is, the usage status, the main storage unit 11a corresponds to the number of terminal devices.
It is necessary to provide an information storage area. And the information necessary for terminal management is stored in this information storage area,
The online auxiliary function 11b may refer to the information storage area as needed.

However, there is a limit to the capacity of the main memory 11a, that is, there is a limit to the amount of information that can be stored in the main memory 11a, so that information for processing is prioritized. However, it becomes difficult to store all the information for management (management information). Further, when referring to the management information, the contents of the information storage area are different for each program, so that there is a problem that a unified reference method as an OS function cannot be established.

Thus, the conventional online system,
In other words, there is a problem that the usage status of the terminal device cannot be managed in the center activation online.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an online terminal management system capable of managing the usage status of a terminal device.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in an online system having a plurality of terminal devices and a center station to which the plurality of terminal devices are connected, and performing online operations for center activation, the online system is provided. Storage means for storing, as management information, terminal information given from the terminal device at the time of business and center information generated at the center station at the time of online business, and processing the management information in response to a request from the terminal device. There is provided an online terminal management system characterized in that it has a management means for giving it to a terminal device. Here, an auxiliary storage device connected to the center station is used as the storage means.

[0010]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to examples.

Referring to FIG. 1, a center computer 2
A plurality of input / output units 22 and 23 are connected to 1.
The input / output unit 22 is an online terminal device that performs an operation instruction and a processing result display from the screen. On the other hand, the input / output unit 23 is a terminal device that includes a management terminal unit that gives an operation instruction from the screen and refers to the management information, and a printing unit that outputs the management information as a report as statistics.

The center computer 21 has a main memory 1
1a and the online auxiliary function 11b are provided, and also information processing units 24 and 25 are provided.
Then, the management information is processed by the operation of the management online program. On the other hand, various business online programs run on the information processing section 25, and the management information of these business online programs is controlled by the information processing section 24.

An auxiliary storage device 26 is connected to the information processing unit 24, and management information handled by the information processing unit 24 is stored in the auxiliary storage device 26. And the auxiliary storage device 2
6 includes an information storage unit 26a that always stores the latest online business usage status and an information storage unit 26b that stores online business usage history information.

When performing online work from the input / output unit 22 which is an online terminal device, online work command information including a personal identification number, a user number and a work type number is input from the input / output unit 22. This online work command information is received by the information processing unit 24, and the information processing unit 24 confirms each number in the online work command information and stores these numbers in the storage location (storage location) for the used terminal in the information storage unit 26a. To store. Thereafter, the information processing section 24 shifts the processing to the business online program selected based on the business classification number. Then, the information processing unit 25 executes normal online work.

In this way, when a process requiring management (for example, form output) occurs after the online work is executed, the information processing section 25 stores the number of processing cases up to now in the information storage section 26b. .. Then, in the information processing unit 25, when the online work is completed, the processing is performed by the information processing unit 2
4 and copy the number information stored in the information storage unit 26a to the information storage unit 26b, and then transfer the information to the information storage unit 26a.
Delete the number information stored in. After that, the input / output unit 2
2 is released from online processing.

Next, when the management process is performed from the input / output unit 23 which is the management terminal device, the desired reference information number is input from the input / output unit 23 (that is, the usage status in any terminal device, any online status). Usage status, usage status of all terminal devices, and output of statistics reports). This information number is received by the information processing unit 24, and the information processing unit 24 edits the information stored in the information storage units 26a and 26b to the specified content and displays it on the screen in the input / output unit 23 or prints it. To process.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the online business is used from the terminal device, the management program (management means) for controlling the online business is used so that the management means can manage the online business. Since the information is stored in the auxiliary storage device, it becomes possible to grasp the online usage status at any time and output the statistical information of the usage status, etc. There is an effect that an efficient arrangement can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an online system to which an embodiment of an online terminal management system according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional online system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 center computer 22,23 input / output unit 24,25 information processing unit 26 auxiliary storage device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In an online system having a plurality of terminal devices and a center station to which the plurality of terminal devices are connected and performing center-activated online business, terminal information provided from the terminal device during the online business. And storage means for storing center information generated at the center station as management information during the online business, and management means for processing the management information in response to a request from the terminal device and giving it to the terminal device. Online terminal management method characterized by. 2. The online terminal management system according to claim 1, wherein the storage means is an auxiliary storage device connected to the center station. 3. The online terminal management method according to claim 1, each time the online business is completed,
The management information is cumulatively stored in the storage unit as cumulative information, and the management unit deletes the management information, and the cumulative information is sent to the terminal device in response to a request from the terminal device. Online terminal management method characterized by.