System and method for distributed data processing utilizing distributed display format
First Claim
1. A data distribution system with destination storage of display format comprising:
- a data processor having a memory for storing a plurality of processor data display formats and a corresponding data field associated with each said format, and means for receiving a data request, selecting from among said data formats in accordance with said data request and outputting the contents a data field, among said data fields, with an associated one of said processor data display formats which corresponds to said data request;
a first terminal having means for entering said at least one of said plurality of processor data display formats into said data processor; and
means associated with said data processor and said first terminal, for loading at least one of said plurality of processor display formats into at least one of aa plurality of second terminals operatively connected to said data processor, at least one of said second terminals having;
(i) a memory means for storing said loaded data display formats,(ii) means for inputting a format request having means for selecting from among said loaded data display formats,(iii) means for establishing and sending a value of said data request, in accordance with said selected loaded data format, to said data processor,(iv) means for receiving from said data processor the contents of the data processor data field associated with the data processor data format selected by said data processor in accordance with the value of said data request,(v) means for arranging and displaying said contents of said data field according to the one of said loaded display formats selected from said second terminal memory,(vi) said for inputting having means for inputting a data to selectively modify the content of said data field, and(vii) means for sending the content of the modified data field to said data processor.
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Abstract
A data distribution processing system and a data distribution processing method in the system including a data processor having a memory capable of separately storing data display formats and corresponding data and a plurality of terminals each having a memory capable of storing data display formats. The data processor beforehand stores the data display formats and delivers the display formats to one of the terminals for storage in that terminal'"'"'s memory. The data processor sends, in response to a request for data associated with the data display format from the terminal, data related to the data display format in the processor'"'"'s memory to the terminal requesting the data. The terminal sends, in response to an entered specification of a data display format, a request for data associated with that data display format to the data processor, reads the data display format from its own memory together with the data sent form the data processor in response to the request. The terminal then displays a combined image. Also in the terminal, in response to the display, data is manually inputted and is then sent to the data processor so as to be stored in the processor'"'"'s memory.
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1. A data distribution system with destination storage of display format comprising:
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a data processor having a memory for storing a plurality of processor data display formats and a corresponding data field associated with each said format, and means for receiving a data request, selecting from among said data formats in accordance with said data request and outputting the contents a data field, among said data fields, with an associated one of said processor data display formats which corresponds to said data request; a first terminal having means for entering said at least one of said plurality of processor data display formats into said data processor; and means associated with said data processor and said first terminal, for loading at least one of said plurality of processor display formats into at least one of a a plurality of second terminals operatively connected to said data processor, at least one of said second terminals having; (i) a memory means for storing said loaded data display formats, (ii) means for inputting a format request having means for selecting from among said loaded data display formats, (iii) means for establishing and sending a value of said data request, in accordance with said selected loaded data format, to said data processor, (iv) means for receiving from said data processor the contents of the data processor data field associated with the data processor data format selected by said data processor in accordance with the value of said data request, (v) means for arranging and displaying said contents of said data field according to the one of said loaded display formats selected from said second terminal memory, (vi) said for inputting having means for inputting a data to selectively modify the content of said data field, and (vii) means for sending the content of the modified data field to said data processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A distributed data processing method in a distributed data processing system including a data processor having a processor memory for storing a plurality of data display formats, each said data display format having a corresponding format identifier and having a data entity to be placed on the data display format, the distributed data system further including a first terminal, a plurality of second terminals each having a terminal memory means for storing a plurality of data display formats, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a data display format from said first terminal; delivering said data display format to said data processor and storing said data display format in said data processor memory; delivering said data display format from said data processor to at least one from among said second terminals and storing said data display format in the terminal memory thereof; selecting, from the memory of any among said second terminals, a data display format; issuing from said second terminal, in response to said selection, a request having a value corresponding to said selected format, to said data processor; identifying if the value of said request corresponds to any from among said format identifiers; reading from the data processor memory, in response to the value of said request corresponding to any among said format identifiers, the data entity placed on the identified format; sending said data entity to said second terminal issuing the request; combining, in said second terminal issuing the request, the data transmitted from said data processor and the specified data display format selected and read from the memory of said second terminal, and displaying a combined image thereof on said second terminal; and inputting data, based on the display in said second terminal issuing the request; sending the input data to said data processor; and
storing the input data in said data processor memory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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