Method and apparatus for distributed processing of display panel information
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1. An apparatus for improving the communications efficiency between a host data processor and a plurality of remote workstations having keyboards and display screens, connected to the host processor via a workstation control interface, comprising:
- a) means, in said host processor, for constructing a data stream having logical information content describing content of display screen images but not position of said images on display screens;
b) means for transmitting said data stream from said host processor to said workstation control interface;
c) means, in said workstation control interface, for constructing a display screen image for any of said plurality of workstations responsive to data stream information received from said host processors; and
d) means for transmitting said constructed display screen image from said workstation control interface to said remote workstations.
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A method and apparatus for distributing the processing of certain remote terminal keystroke signals, and formatting of display panels according to user interface rules, to a workstation control interface in a system having a host processor connected to a large number of remote keyboard/display terminals through an intermediate workstation control interface.
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1. An apparatus for improving the communications efficiency between a host data processor and a plurality of remote workstations having keyboards and display screens, connected to the host processor via a workstation control interface, comprising:
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a) means, in said host processor, for constructing a data stream having logical information content describing content of display screen images but not position of said images on display screens; b) means for transmitting said data stream from said host processor to said workstation control interface; c) means, in said workstation control interface, for constructing a display screen image for any of said plurality of workstations responsive to data stream information received from said host processors; and d) means for transmitting said constructed display screen image from said workstation control interface to said remote workstations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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