Hierarchical information processing system
First Claim
1. An information processing unit comprising;
- (a) at least one downward input means for acquiring process specifying information;
(b) material input means for acquiring material information to be processed;
(c) at least one upward input means for acquiring external result information which is generated by an external information processing system;
(d) a processing device comprising;
means for re-composing said process specifying information into and then outputting
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Abstract
An information processing unit comprises an external input for acquiring the intention of a user as external process specifying information and data to be processed as source information; downward input for acquiring the intention of the user as inter-unit process specifying information via another unit of the same constitution as an upper unit for sending the inter-unit process specifying information; an upward input for acquiring the results of the processing outside of the unit as input of inter-unit processed information via at least one unit of the same constitution as a lower unit for sending the inter-unit processed information; processing device for re-composing the external process specifying information and/or the inter-unit process specifying information into process specifying information for own unit and inter-unit process specifying information for the lower unit and for executing the processing utilizing the source information and/or the inter-unit processed information according to the process specifying information for own unit; an external output for sending a whole or a part of the result of the processing by the processing device; an upward output for sending a part or a whole of the result of the processing by the processing device to the upper unit as output of inter-unit processed information; and a downward output for sending the inter-unit process specifying information re-composed by the processing device to the lower unit. By assembling the information processing units, an information processing system to be expanded or re-composed easily can be realized.
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1. An information processing unit comprising;
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(a) at least one downward input means for acquiring process specifying information; (b) material input means for acquiring material information to be processed; (c) at least one upward input means for acquiring external result information which is generated by an external information processing system; (d) a processing device comprising;
means for re-composing said process specifying information into and then outputting - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. "self specifier" information corresponding to a job for said unit within a predetermined performance of the device,"others specifier" information corresponding to an excess job to be executed by said external information processing system, and"output specifier" information for combining results of execution in accordance with said "self specifier" and "others specifier" information to form processed information;
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said re-composing means being controlled independently of the contents of said process specifying information; means for generating internal result information in accordance with said "self specifier" information received directly from said re-composing means by processing said material information received directly from said material input means; and
means for generating processed information in accordance with said "output specifier" information by processing internal result information and external result information which is the result of execution in accordance with said "others specifier" information;(e) at least one downward output means for sending said "others specifier" information to said external information processing system; and (f) at least one upward output means for sending said processed information.
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