Terminal device for editing document and communicating data
First Claim
1. A terminal device for preparing a document and communicating data, comprising:
- input means for inputting prepared document data, format data and control data which are necessary for document preparation, document transmission and system control;
display means for displaying data which are necessary for document preparation;
print means for printing prepared document data and received document data;
external storage means for storing prepared document data and received document data;
communication control means for receiving document data and controlling transmission and reception of document data, the communication control means having a memory for storing prepared document data for transmission and received document data; and
system control means having a supervisor program for alternately executing an operating system program for outputting the received document data from said memory to the print means and to the external storage means and a communications control program for storing the prepared document data and the received document data in the memory, the supervisor program controlling the operating system program and the communications control program in such a manner that received document data can be alternately output from said memory to the print means and to the external storage means simultaneously with document preparation using the input means and the display means; and
stored in said memory simultaneously with document preparation using the input means and the display means.
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Abstract
A terminal device capable of preparing a document and communicating data includes a system control section having storage means in which are resident a control program for outputting received document data either to an output section or an external storage, and a supervisor program for alternately practicing the control program and another program necessary for system control. Based on these resident programs, the system control is practiced to permit received document data to be fed to the output section or the external storage even when local work such as preparation of a document is under way. When printing operation is disabled due to a failure in a printer of the output section or the like after the received document data has been loaded in a memory of the communication control, the document data is immediately delivered to the external storage to open the document data storage area. Power is supplied only to the equipments which are indispensable for storing received document data in the memory, except for the duration of any local work such as preparation of document data.
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1. A terminal device for preparing a document and communicating data, comprising:
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input means for inputting prepared document data, format data and control data which are necessary for document preparation, document transmission and system control; display means for displaying data which are necessary for document preparation; print means for printing prepared document data and received document data; external storage means for storing prepared document data and received document data; communication control means for receiving document data and controlling transmission and reception of document data, the communication control means having a memory for storing prepared document data for transmission and received document data; and system control means having a supervisor program for alternately executing an operating system program for outputting the received document data from said memory to the print means and to the external storage means and a communications control program for storing the prepared document data and the received document data in the memory, the supervisor program controlling the operating system program and the communications control program in such a manner that received document data can be alternately output from said memory to the print means and to the external storage means simultaneously with document preparation using the input means and the display means; and
stored in said memory simultaneously with document preparation using the input means and the display means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A terminal device for preparing a document and communicating document data, comprising:
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keyboard means for inputting data constituting a prepared document; communication means for receiving data constituting a received document; display means for displaying a prepared or received document; storage means for storing a prepared or received document; printing means for printing a prepared or received document; and first control means for controlling the keyboard means, display means, storage means and printing means to input, display, store and print a document; the communication means comprising first memory means and second control means for storing a received document independently of the operation of the first control means, the second control means feeding a signal to the first control means upon reception and storage of a received document in the first memory means; the first control means further comprising third control means for, in response to said signal, sensing for an available status of at least one of the storage means and the printing means and, in response to said available status, transferring the received document to at least one of the available storage means and printing means for storage and printing respectively; whereby data constituting a received document may be received and stored by the communication means while data constituting a prepared document is being input and displayed by the keyboard means and display means respectively. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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