JPH07168701A - Integrated application device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To compose a personal utilization environment of a simple means by reading an IC card, in which a personal application convenient to be handled is recorded, and linking it with an application shared and integrated as a system. CONSTITUTION:The IC card, in which various applications such as a man- machine for composing the utilization environment of each user of setting corresponding to the user, application for composing the utilization environment for each application of setting correpsonding to the user or data base for composing the utilization of each data base managing system of setting corresponding to the request of the application are recorded, is inputted 1. Next, the memory contents of the IC card are linked 2 with the application already introduced inside the system, and the integrated system is started. In this case, the respective applications read from the memory contents of the IC card are provided with a common man-machine interface. Then, the integrated application is linked 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the field of computer use for management work for various equipment industries such as electric power and water treatment. The present invention relates to an integrated application device that broadly and efficiently supports construction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Regarding the efficient construction and support of a computer, it is necessary to explain the utilization form of the computer, the package software used, and the operability.

First of all, (1) the computer utilization form of the engineering department shifts from a style centering on numerical calculation processing by a large-scale computer to a distributed computing environment due to the spread of workstations (hereinafter referred to as EWS) and personal computers (hereinafter referred to as PC). ing. In such an environment, computer use is not limited to the conventional numerical operation processing, but many fairly wide-ranging systems are now introduced, such as using graphical processing.

Next, (2) package software to be used is a CAD system, various numerical analysis systems, statistical processing and simulation systems, numerical visualization tools, and even packages with an efficient document environment. Many systems are on sale. For example: a. Drawing creation system or design support system including CAD and CAE b. Documentation tools such as word processors and DTP tools c. Database system that manages information efficiently d. Spreadsheets and statistical processing packages e. Various simulation tools f. Recently, there are visualization tools that display graphs of simulation results and three-dimensional display. Each tool is manufactured and marketed as an independent package. ing.

The data created by each tool (CAD drawing data, word processing document data, etc.) is the most suitable data for each tool (package software is the easiest and can be handled at high speed). It has a structure, each tool has its own screen operation (although it is related to operability), and the look and feel is different.

Further, in order to make the environment in which each of these tools can be used, "installation" work is required.

Finally, regarding (3) operability, there are two major trends toward unification.

One is an X-Wind such as OPEN / LOOK and Motif in a unix workstation.
The unification of look and feel depending on the operating environment of the ow system. Another is MS-Wind in the world of PC.
It is the unification of operability in ows and Macintosh window systems.

Under the present circumstances, the operation environment is thus unified by the window system.

[0010]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the engineering department of each company, starting from the current situation survey and technical survey of the target business, information gathered from it, extraction of events, equipment,
There is a wide range of work such as designing required functions, creating specific documents, creating specific information such as drawings, defining desks for confirming design items, and design reviews. These tasks can also be handled by the above-mentioned package software tool.

However, as described above, the package software generally has its own operability and data structure. In other words, even if one is familiar with the operation of one system, the operability of the other system is very different and it is difficult to use it easily. That is, it is impossible to deal with it as one problem of information processing.

Furthermore, in order to create an environment in which each tool can be used, Job Control Language (JCL)
Etc. are created and started, and the "installation" work of the tool is required.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. Since each application is supplied from an IC card which can be operated simply by inserting the card, a personal use environment can be configured by an easy means. It is an object of the present invention to provide an integrated application device capable of performing.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is more convenient to treat the IC card component for reading the IC card connected to the computer, which is connected to the application 2 which is shared and unified as a system, as a personal person. IC recording application 1
It is characterized by having means for setting and reading a card.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the application 1 according to the first aspect, a man-machine connected to the application or an application connected to the man-machine and a common interface that is shared and unified as a system, It has a database engine connected to the common interface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the application 2 according to the first aspect, the application and the database engine are connected to each other to have a self-learning function and have a common interface for performing knowledge processing capable of constructing an interface. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the common interface according to the second and third aspects, the application is provided with a system structure capable of developing the system independently of the database.

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the IC card component for reading the IC card connected to the computer is set to the IC card storing the application 1 which is more convenient to handle as a personal, and the reading means is shared as a system. Connected with the unified application 2.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the application 1 according to the first aspect, the man-machine is connected to the application, the application is connected to the man-machine, and a common interface is shared and unified as a system. Connecting. The database engine connects with the common interface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the application 2 according to the first aspect, the common interface is connected to both the application interface and the database engine interface, has a self-learning function, and is capable of constructing an interface. I do.

According to the fourth aspect, in the common interface according to the second and third aspects, the system construction can be provided to the application by the application independently of the database.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the process of its implementation. In step ST1, a man-machine that can configure the usage environment of each user according to the user, and the usage environment of each application according to the user are set. The IC card in which various applications such as a database that can be configured by, and a database that can be configured by setting the use of each database management system according to the application's request is recorded is read. Step ST2
Then, the memory contents of the IC card are linked with the application already installed in the system, and the integrated system is started up. In this case, the applications read from the memory contents of the IC card each have a common man-machine interface, and have functions peculiar to each application, menu data for the man-machine interface, and menu- and function-related information.

Further, the various applications required in the engineering department are not constituted in the conventional independent form, but the communication means by the protocol common to the man-machine and the database which is the core of the information storage of this system. It is configured to have the following protocol.

Regarding the structure having this interface, "man-machine", "database engine" and "common interface" are also similarly provided.

Next, the operation of the integrated application in step ST3 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the operation of the common interface in which the standardization level is raised and the builder's knowledge (knowledge as the interface technology) is input to the interface portion as a knowledge base.

Various data storage requests such as calculation and drawing results, document data, and registration of created documents are output from the man-machine or application to various databases ((1) in FIG. 2). The content of the request is analyzed by the knowledge processing unit of the common interface ((2) in FIG. 2). Based on the analysis result, the knowledge processing unit puts together an application registration request and issues a command to the database set based on the knowledge processing ((3) in FIG. 2). In response to a request for exempting the range having the knowledge processing unit, an inquiry for refining the content is made to the system builder, that is, to the data maintenance man-machine interface (FIG. 2).
Medium, (4)). In this case, the application request is temporarily registered in the data storage in the default form ((5) in FIG. 2).

Upon receiving the response from the system builder, if it is the same as the previous one, the data in the temporary registration part is officially registered in an appropriate database ((3) in FIG. 2).
Further, the process at that time is registered as new knowledge and accumulated as "know-how" for the subsequent requests (in FIG. 2,
(5)).

The information providing request, that is, the reading request, from the application is performed by the reverse means ((6) → (4) in FIG. 2). If the data is temporarily stored in the knowledge processing unit, the stored data is provided as it is.

FIG. 3 shows an example in which a common interface is provided, and a request from the application 31 and a request from the database to the application 31 are provided in the form of a knowledge base 47, thereby making each interface part common.

Data input from the application 31 through the data receiving process 33 is performed by the knowledge registration unit 35 of the common interface as a data registration processing unit 35 for converting the format of each application into a common format, and data registration required by the knowledge processing unit 37 of the common interface. The usage data is taken out as various data registration instructions 39 and data provision 41, and the data output through the data output processing 45 by the knowledge processing unit 37 is data provided in a format required by the application. As the provision processing unit 43,
It will be shared by being registered in the knowledge base.

Since this common interface is the skeleton part of the "integrated application", that is, the core part of the unified system, it is not necessary to interpret it as an IC card and personalize it.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the positioning of a plurality of man-machines, a plurality of applications, a plurality of databases, and a common interface 47c which is a feature of the present invention, and each man-machine in the man-machine section 47a. The machine indicates that data can be exchanged with any application in the application section 47b, and each application can exchange data with any database in the database section 47d. Taking various applications, for example, App-1 (CAD) (47b-1 in FIG. 4) as an example, it has a common interface with the man-machine (included in 47b-1 in FIG. 4),
Furthermore, the hatched portion (47b-2 in FIG. 4) is
Distributed RD connected with common interface 47c and shown in the example
It has a function of handling B (49 in FIG. 4) in a structured form. Database 4 is the control target
7d-2 and its interface 47d-1.

Incidentally, FIG. 4 shows a CRT 51 and a keyboard 53.
It also shows that the mouse 55 is connected to the CPU 47, the IC card 41 is attached to the IC card component 43, and the contents are introduced into the file 45.

With these configurations, it can be executed for any combination of man-machine application and database.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

1. I can operate just by inserting the card
Since each application is supplied by the C card, the system expansion becomes particularly easy.

2. Reduce the volume of building each interface of the application. As a result, the application construction period can be shortened.

3. By introducing a knowledge base in the interface part, the reusability of the functions required for the interface is improved, and it is possible to build an application that is not database-aware. Therefore, it is possible to store information in any database. On the other hand, it is possible to use a database.

4. It is easy to port existing applications, and it is possible to easily migrate the current environment to an integrated environment.

The simplification of the software configuration in connection with Sections 5.3 and 4 also improves the maintenance performance, the test performance at the time of construction, and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of an integrated application.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an input / output device having a common interface.

FIG. 4 is an overall schematic diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 ST1… IC card input ST2… Coupling with existing system ST3… Integrated application operation

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An IC card component for reading an IC card connected to a computer is set as an IC card storing an application 1 which is more convenient to handle as a personal computer, and is read to be unified as a system. Integrated application device characterized by being connected to the application 2. 2. The application 1 described above is a man-machine connected to the application, or an application connected to the man-machine and a common interface that is shared and unified as a system.
The integrated application device according to claim 1, further comprising a database engine connected to the common interface. 3. The integrated application apparatus, wherein the application 2 described above has a common interface for connecting to both the application and the database engine, having a self-learning function, and performing knowledge processing capable of constructing an interface. 4. The integrated application device according to claim 2, wherein the common interface provides the application with a system structure that allows the application to develop a system independently of a database.