User interface between a server and workstations of a transactional processing system
First Claim
1. A user interface for a system of transactional processing between an information processing server and a plurality of workstations, wherein said server includes a plurality of modules which provide defined services to individuals, called actors, using said transactional processing system, said user interface comprising a memory having three files stored therein, said files reflecting the states of progress of tasks assigned to an actor using said interface, said three files being a "new" file (40), an "ongoing" file (50), and an "executed" file (60) wherein said new file contains tasks newly assigned to the actor, the ongoing file contains tasks accepted, that are in the course of being executed or have temporarily been suspended, and the executed file contains the tasks accomplished, sent to another actor or abandoned, and further wherein said user interface includes means for opening the new file, ongoing file and executed file, means for describing the three files, and means for representing notes received by each of the three files, wherein said notes contain messages sent by other actors of the transactional processing system or by modules of the transactional processing system.
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Abstract
A system of transactional processing between an information processing server and a plurality of workstations, constituted on the one hand by three files that reflect the states of progress of tasks assigned to the actor using this interface, that is, the "new" file (40), the "ongoing" file (50), and the "executed" file (60) that are stored in memory, the first containing the tasks newly assigned to the actor, the second containing the tasks accepted, that are in the course of being executed or have temporarily been suspended, and the third containing the tasks accomplished, sent to others or abandoned, and on the other hand, means with which the files can be opened, means for describing the files, and means for representing the notes received.
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- 1. A user interface for a system of transactional processing between an information processing server and a plurality of workstations, wherein said server includes a plurality of modules which provide defined services to individuals, called actors, using said transactional processing system, said user interface comprising a memory having three files stored therein, said files reflecting the states of progress of tasks assigned to an actor using said interface, said three files being a "new" file (40), an "ongoing" file (50), and an "executed" file (60) wherein said new file contains tasks newly assigned to the actor, the ongoing file contains tasks accepted, that are in the course of being executed or have temporarily been suspended, and the executed file contains the tasks accomplished, sent to another actor or abandoned, and further wherein said user interface includes means for opening the new file, ongoing file and executed file, means for describing the three files, and means for representing notes received by each of the three files, wherein said notes contain messages sent by other actors of the transactional processing system or by modules of the transactional processing system.
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