Automatic system for updating data

• US 20050216880A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 09/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Sebesta, James S., Erickson, Joey L., Starkovich, Daniel P., Rappa, Scott L., Schrab, Jacqueline M., Senger, Susan A.
• Application Number:
  US11/020,550
• Publication Number:
  US 20050216880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/466 Transaction processing

Abstract

An automatic gateway that runs as an HTML solution and is capable of automatically generating service requests in response to a condition precedent for service by an On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) style application running on an enterprise server. The OLTP server provides a result which is utilized by the automatic gateway to update a data presentation. The services on the OLTP system are designed to accomplish a specific task, for example, update the schedules and pricing of an airline. In a preferred embodiment, the OLTP system is X/Open compliant. The users of the system can access the updated data presentation without further communication with the OLTP enterprise server.

Claims

1. In a data processing system having an On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) system, the improvement comprising:

an automatic gateway which automatically updates data within said data processing system by automatically making a service request of said OLTP system in response to a condition precedent.

2. A data processing system according to claim 1 wherein a user may access said updated data without generating a subsequent access to said OLTP system.

3. A data processing system according to claim 2 wherein said condition precedent further comprises the passage of an interval of time.

4. A data processing system according to claim 3 wherein said user accesses said updated data with an industry standard personal computer.

5. A data processing system according to claim 4 wherein said OLTP system further comprises a Unisys 2200 system.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a. an OLTP server for processing a service request and providing a result;

b. a DCOM server responsively coupled to said OLTP server; and

c. an automatic gateway within said DCOM server which automatically generates said service request and receives said result in response to a condition precedent.

7. A data processing system according to claim 6 wherein said DCOM server is responsively coupled to said OLTP server via the world wide web.

8. A data processing system according to claim 7 further comprising a user terminal responsively coupled to said DCOM server wherein said user terminal accesses said result.

9. A data processing system according to claim 8 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry standard personal computer.

10. A data processing system according to claim 9 wherein said OLTP system further comprises a Unisys 2200 system.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a. means for offering On-Line Transaction Processing of a service request;

b. means responsively coupled to said offering means for providing a DCOM environment; and

c. means located within said offering means for automatically generating said service request in response to a condition precedent.

12. An apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said condition precedent further comprises elapse of a predetermined time interval.

13. An apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said offering means further comprises a Unisys 2200 system.

14. An apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said offering means is responsively coupled to said providing means via the internet.

15. An apparatus according to claim 11 further comprising means responsively coupled to said providing means for providing a user to interface with said providing means.

16. A method of providing updated data to a user comprising:

a. automatically generating a service request within a DCOM server in response to a condition precedent;

b. transferring said service request from said DCOM server to an OLTP server via a publically available communication system;

c. honoring said service request within said OLTP service to produce a result;

d. transferring said result from said OLTP server to said DCOM server via said publically available communication system;

e. modifying a presentation to produce said updated data; and

f. providing access by said user to said updated data via said DCOM server.

17. A method according to claim 16 wherein said OLTP server is responsively coupled to said DCOM server via the world wide web.

18. A method according to claim 17 wherein said access providing step further comprises providing access via an industry standard personal computer.

19. A method according to claim 18 wherein said two transferring steps further comprises transferring via the internet.

20. A method according to claim 19 wherein said condition precedent further comprises and elapsed time period.