JPH05341942A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve responsiveness and to reduce the cost of lines relating to the information processor provided with the main body of a computer and a display device. CONSTITUTION:A location table 16 for indicating the location of a display field define deck 15 and a screen control means 17 for retreiving the location table 16 and down loading the display field define deck 15 to a pertinent display device 13 are provided inside the main body 12 of the computer. Also, a storage means 20 for storing the down loaded display field define deck 15 and the screen control means 21 for cooperating with the screen control means 17 and down loading the display field define deck 15 inside the storage means 20 are provided in the display device 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus having a computer main body and a display device. In recent years, HCI (Human Computer Interface) of personal computers and workstations has been improved. Along with this, even in an information processing device (general computer system) including a computer main body and a display device, the HCI
Although a new display device control method such as a remote window is beginning to be adopted in order to improve the above, the amount of data transferred between the computer main body and the display device inevitably increases as the amount of information displayed on the display device increases. For this reason,
It is necessary to improve the response performance and reduce the line cost by significantly reducing the amount of data transferred between the computer body and the display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional information processing apparatus, there is one shown in FIG. 3, for example. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 is a computer main body, 2 is a display device, and these constitute an information processing device 3. Computer body 1 is display device 2
It has a disk 5 storing a screen definition body 4 as a description for defining the screen and a window control mechanism 6 for controlling the window.

The display device 2 has a window control mechanism 7 for controlling windows and a message editing section 8 for creating display data from the screen definition body 4. Screen definition 4
Are incorporated to facilitate access to the display device 2 in the information processing device 3. That is, when the program accesses the display device 2, the screen definition body 4 is sent from the computer body 1 to the display device 2 in units of displaying information on the display device 2.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional information processing apparatus, in order to improve the HCI (Human Computer Interface), a new display device control system such as a remote window has begun to be adopted. However, as the amount of information displayed on the display device increases, the amount of data transferred between the computer body and the display device inevitably increases. As a result, there is a problem that the response performance is lowered and the line cost is increased.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. By significantly reducing the transfer data between the computer main body and the display device, the response performance is improved and the line cost is reduced. The purpose is to reduce.

[0006]

FIG. 1 illustrates the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 12 is a computer main body having a storage means 14 in which a screen definition body 15 is stored, 13 is a display device having a message editing section 19 for creating display data from the screen definition body 15, and 11 is the computer main body 1.
An information processing device 16 including 2 and a display device 13 is provided in the computer main body 12, and the screen definition body 15 is provided.
A location table indicating the location of the user, 17 is the location table 16
Screen management means for searching for the screen definition body 15 and downloading the screen definition body 15 to the corresponding display device 13;
A storage means provided inside the storage means for storing the downloaded screen definition body 15 is a screen management means for downloading the screen definition body 15 into the storage means 20 in cooperation with the screen management means 17.

[0007]

For example, the screen management means 21 of the display device 13 requests the screen management means 17 of the computer main body 12 to download the necessary screen definition body 15 only once before the start of the work. The screen management unit 17 of 12 downloads the screen definition body 15 into the storage unit 20 of the display device 13 with reference to the location table 16.

Further, the storage means 1 of the computer main body 12
When the screen definition body 15 stored in 4 is updated, the screen management means 17 stores the screen definition body 15 in the storage means 20 of the display device 13 according to the location table 16.
Download in. Therefore, when the program accesses the display device 13 using the screen definition body 15, information can be displayed by reading from the screen definition body 15 downloaded to the storage unit 20 in the display device 13. Therefore, the transfer data between the computer main body 12 and the display device 13 can be significantly reduced. As a result, the response performance can be improved and the line cost can be reduced.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 11 is an information processing device, and the information processing device 11
Is composed of a computer main body 12 and a display device 13.

Reference numeral 14 is a disk (storage means) provided in the computer main body 12, and in the disk 14 is a screen definition body 1 as a description for defining the screen of the display device 13.
5 are collectively stored. Reference numeral 16 is a location table. The location table 16 stores a display device identifier, a screen definition body 15 being downloaded, and a storage area size of the display device 13, respectively.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a screen management mechanism as a screen management means. When the screen definition structure 15 is created or updated, the screen management mechanism 17 searches the location table 16 and displays the screen definition structure on the corresponding display device 13. Download 15.
A window control mechanism 18 is provided in the display device 13, and the window control mechanism 18 controls the window. Reference numeral 19 is a message editing unit, and the message editing unit 19 creates display data from the screen definition body 15.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a disk as a storage means,
The downloaded screen definition body 15 is stored in the disk 20. Reference numeral 21 denotes a screen management mechanism as a screen management means. The screen management mechanism 21 cooperates with the screen management mechanism 17 in the computer main body 12 to download the screen definition body 15 into the disk 20.

Next, the operation will be described. Before starting the work, for example, at the time of IPL, the screen management mechanism 21 of the display device 13 inquires the screen management mechanism 17 in the computer main body 12 for downloading, and the screen management mechanism 17 displays a screen required only once according to the location table 16. The definition program 15 is downloaded to the disk 20.

When the screen definition body 15 of the disk 14 on the computer main body 12 is updated, the screen management mechanism 17 searches the location table 16 and downloads the screen definition body 15 to the corresponding display device 13. .. Therefore, when the program accesses the display device 13 using the screen definition body 15, the information can be displayed by reading from the screen definition body 15 downloaded in the disk 20. Therefore, the computer body 1
It is possible to significantly reduce the transfer data between the display device 2 and the display device 13.

As a result, the response performance can be improved and the line cost can be reduced.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the screen definition object on the computer main body is downloaded into the display device, the transfer data amount between the computer main body and the display device is greatly reduced. You can
As a result, the response performance can be improved and the line cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Information processing device 12: Computer main body 13: Display device 14: Disk (storage unit) 15: Screen definition unit 16: Location table 17: Screen management mechanism (screen management unit) 18: Window control mechanism 19: Message editing unit 20 : Disk (storage means) 21: Screen management mechanism (screen management means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display having a computer body (12) having a storage means (14) in which a screen definition body (15) is stored, and a message editing section (19) for creating display data from the screen definition body (15). In an information processing device (11) including a device (13), a location table (16) indicating the location of the screen definition body (15) and the location table (16) are searched in the computer body (12). Applicable display device (13)
A screen management means (17) for downloading the screen definition body (15) is provided, and a storage means (20) for storing the downloaded screen definition body (15) in the display device (13) and the screen management means. An information processing apparatus comprising a screen management means (21) for downloading a screen definition body (15) into a storage means (20) in cooperation with the means (17).