JPS59132043A - Access system of centralized control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute many programs with a simple processor, by allowing each substation to access a center station, which controls programs collectively, through a satellite, and linking a communication-type portable processor to each substation. CONSTITUTION:A control center station 12 is constituted of a program control processor 13 and a communication device 7; and communicates with a satellite 10 through a line 14. A substation 8 which communicates with the satellite 10 through a line 11 is constituted with communication devices 7 and 7' and a transmission/reception controlling part 9. A communication-type portable processor 6 consists of the communication device 7', a processor 1, small-capacity memory 2, input/output control circuit 3, and a peripheral device 4. The register number of the operator himself, a control center number, and an object program are supplied as control information from the portable processor 6 to the substation 8. The substation 8 transmits this control information to the control center 12 through the satellite 10 in time division, and the program is transmitted to the portable processor 6. Thus, many programs are executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a centralized management system in which a centrally managed program is provided by all-satellite communication to general-purpose or dedicated data processing equipment such as a personal computer or a game machine that executes a target process using a program. It concerns the program access method. In recent years, with the remarkable spread of microprocessors, efforts have been made to make personal computers smaller and cheaper. Along with this, it has become possible to construct programs using simplified languages. Is the game device also a device dedicated to one fixed program? This structure allows it to be small and inexpensive.

However, a situation is beginning to emerge where the grade of existing programs is decreasing at an accelerating pace, and the grade of the data processing equipment itself is also being lowered, compared to the speed of program upgrades and development. Particularly in the case of game devices, one dedicated program requires the entire configuration of one device, so when a new program is developed, the dedicated device must be newly configured.

However, in the future, it will be necessary to reduce the degree of closeness between the program and the data processing equipment, and to maintain the same configuration of the data processing equipment even when the program is upgraded, including language changes, so as to have versatility. Especially regarding language,
Currently, most of the information is unique to each manufacturer, and each data processing device is also specialized by language. Hence, language unification.

Alternatively, it becomes necessary to configure the data processing equipment to support various languages.

On the other hand, although different from the software field, even in the communication field (for example, telephone, TV, telex, etc.), the phenomenon of an accelerating increase in the amount of information has appeared, and some countermeasures are required. In addition to this measure, a time-division data transmission system using satellites is being considered for practical use with the aim of improving the quality of information on all regional networks.

If all satellites are used as a data transmission route, it will be possible to increase the amount of information more than a wired network, and it has the advantage of being able to provide high quality information to all regions, and is expected to become the mainstream data transmission method in the future. think.

The overall purpose of this invention is to efficiently implement a time-division data transmission system using satellites as a means of dealing with the increase in program information, and also to provide permanent maintenance of data processing equipment for program upgrades. It is intended to enable use.

Conventionally, there have been data processing devices of this type as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a somewhat large-scale personal computer system, and (1) is a microprocessor.

(2) is a memory that stores all programs, and (3) is an input/output control circuit that provides a signal interface with external devices.

(4) is a peripheral device, (4a) is a CRT, (4b) is a cassette tape, C40) is a disk, (4d)
) is a printer.

(4e) is a keyboard.

In FIG. 1, many programs provided by manufacturers are stored on cassette tapes (4b) and disks (4C), and are loaded onto the memory (2) by controlling them from the keyboard (4θ).

The program is executed on the processor (1) and memory (2), and is routed to the CRT (4) via the input/output control circuit (3).
a), cassette tape (4b), disk (4c)
, is output to the printer (4d).

Figure 2 is a diagram showing dedicated equipment such as game equipment.

(51i program control row 5 control panel, (5a) control switch, (5
b) U It is a monitor panel such as a liquid crystal display.

In FIG. 2, only the fixed program is stored in the memo 2), and all sequential processing is executed by the memory (2) and processor (1). Information input/output during the process of executing this program is performed by a control switch (5a) and an information judgment/all monitor panel (5b).

Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a method has been adopted in which the target program is run in each data processing device.

On the other hand, in the sense that a part of the program is executed by the host computer, the program is executed by connecting to the computer center via a telephone line or a dedicated line.

As a result, there is a method in which all terminals receive the information, but such a method has not been used in the past for personal computers and game devices.

If we use the conventional method of executing programs in each data processing device, as the programs provided by each manufacturer upgrade, the grade of data processing devices will accelerate unless some measures are taken on the data processing device side. There was a drawback that the performance decreased.

As for the 11ejlC game equipment, the program and control panel (5) were dedicated, so it was completely impossible to follow the upgrade of the program.

In order to cope with these problems, programs have recently been provided in cassette format, and data processing devices have some degree of versatility, and methods have begun to be adopted in which only the programs are changed.

However, this also requires program-compatible cassette expansion, and language changes.

There was a drawback that no countermeasures could be taken.

This invention was made in order to use the data processing device 6 for multiple purposes without expanding the hardware associated with program information, and instead of executing the program in each data processing device, It provides a method for processing and executing a target program by centrally managing the program at a center and performing time-division access via satellite communication.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

An embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
b) is a modem device), and (7c) is a transmitting/receiving device. The communication portable processor (6) is a configuration added to the communication device (7)' in Figure 1, and the memo 2) is mainly a control program for the communication interface (7a) and input from the communication interface (7a). It consists of an output data processing program.

These control and processing results are output to one peripheral device (4).

FIG. 4 shows a data transmission system diagram. Is (8) a direct communication interface with the communication portable processor (6)? Row 5 branch station, (9) is a transmission/reception control unit that formats communication data and allocates frames, 01 is a satellite, a]
) is the uplink/downlink link 1° (13
03 is a management center that centrally manages all programs, and 03 is a communication-type porta-purosettu f (61 (7) f
A programmable processor that executes under ttlJ control.

a. The illusion is the up/down line 2 between the satellite +11 and the management center (12).

Next, the operation will be explained.

All programs provided by manufacturers are centrally managed in a management center, which is a fully communication portable processor (6
). For line connections.

The communication portable processor (6) uses a unique identification code to transmit the registration number, management center number, and target program number of the communication portable processor (6) to the branch office (8) as control information. The branch office (8) determines the formatting process and transmission timing for allocating control information to the empty frame number and slot number of the time-division data frame that sends information to the satellite wholesaler. The control information configured in a time-division data frame is transmitted to the satellite UO+ via the uplink/downlink 1αI). Satellite (for lω, select the corresponding control center (12) from the control center number and send the control information via up/down 2 (I4) f6:, control center (12 and 1 indicates the received control 1 emotion 13
(1 The program management processor Oa decodes and reads the target program.

When the program starts running, a request is sent to the communication portable processor (6) to return control information necessary for program execution via a transmission route reverse to that described above.

In this way, the desired program execution is achieved by mutually transmitting and receiving necessary information in the process of program execution.

As mentioned above, I have explained the operation in detail, but in the method of centrally managing at the manufacturer's program management center (I2),
Each communication portable processor (6) needs to have a program that determines the control procedure of the programs in the management center (3) and a program that controls all of the peripheral devices 1'-r I41 and the communication device (7). (There is no need to know anything about a single programming language, etc., and it has the advantage of being able to easily handle program upgrades by simply making input/output rules.

In addition, since it is a portable type, it can also be used in branch offices (8
) has the advantage that there are no special restrictions as long as communication is possible.

Note that above 1 was explained as an example of application to small-scale systems such as personal computers and game machines.
This invention is quite effective in application not only to stiff objects, but also to objects that have only radio communication means, such as aircraft and ships. for example,
If there is a direct IN connection between the aircraft and the control center (00 to 12), it will be possible to send information directly to the control center (+21 to tH9) in mainland Japan, regardless of the location of the aircraft, during the flight. Route calculation using large-scale program software 1 in the management center +12.

This means that a year-round management system such as failure inspection can be fully achieved.

As described above, by fully applying the access method of the centralized management program using satellite communication, it is no longer necessary to have the program provided by the manufacturer on each data processing device individually, and there is no need for upgrading, including language changes. The data processing equipment itself has the advantage of not being affected.

Furthermore, by using a one-communication type votaple, there are no restrictions on where it can be used, and it has the advantage that it can be easily used outdoors.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a conventional personal computer, FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram of a conventional game machine, and FIG. 3 is a basic configuration diagram of a communication type multiple processor showing an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a data transmission system diagram. In the figure, (l) is a processor, (2) is a memory, (3) is an input/output control device, (4) is a peripheral device, (6) is a communication type portable processor, (7) is a communication device, and (8) is a communication device. ) is a branch office, (9) is a transmission/reception control unit, tll is a satellite, 62 is a management center, and the 0th floor is a program management processor. Note that the same or corresponding parts in the drawings are designated by the same reference numerals. Agent Akira Kuzuno - Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] Like a microcomputer system, it consists of a general-purpose or dedicated processor, a program that controls the operation of the processor, a memory that stores all of this program, and an input/output circuit that interfaces with the outside.1 It executes processing for general-purpose or dedicated purposes. Programs are centrally located in a management center that can be accessed via satellite communication for data processing equipment that is used for data processing, and a transmitter/receiver [' is added for the satellite communication interface to the data processing equipment, thereby configuring the entire hardware and program as a communication portable processor. An access method for a centrally managed program, which is characterized in that a line can be connected to the management center via a satellite, and all desired processing is executed by a centrally managed program.