Method and system for displaying electronic data interchanges in a computer

• US 5,794,206 A
• Filed: 05/06/1996
• Issued: 08/11/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Sterling Commerce, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Wilkinson, David J., Crable, Thomas A., Fry, Norman K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John E.
• Application Number:
  US08/643,622
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 345/326-358, 395/200.3, 705/1, 705/16, 705/21-22, 705/24, 705/26, 705/27, 705/28, 705/30, 705/34, 705/35, 705/42, 705/10, 186/36
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation

Abstract

An interchange window (106) of a graphical user interface. The interchange window (106) may display at least one interchange entry (95). The interchange entry (95) is associated with an interchange (54) of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) message (50). The interchange window (106) may include a status icon (120) representing the status of the interchange (54). In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the interchange window (106) may include a translation report sub-window (222) and a data set sub-window (220). Additionally, the interchange window (106) may display a functional group entry (96) associated with a functional group (60) of the interchange (54) and a document entry (98) associated with a document (66) of the interchange (54).

Claims

1. A window of a graphical user interface, comprising:

an interchange window operable to display at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

the interchange window further operable to display a status icon representing the status of the interchange.

2. The window of claim 1, wherein the icon represents a processing status of the interchange.

3. The window of claim 1, wherein the icon represents an acknowledgment status of the interchange.

4. The window of claim 1, wherein the icon represents a compliance status of the interchange.

5. The window of claim 1, wherein the icon represents a networking status of the interchange.

6. The window of claim 1, further comprising a status bar operable to recite the status of the interchange.

7. The window of claim 1, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a functional group entry associated with a functional group of the interchange.

8. The window of claim 1, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

9. The window of claim 1, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the interchange window further operable to display a status icon representing the status of the document.

10. The window of claim 9, further comprising a status bar operable to recite the status of the document.

11. The window of claim 1, further comprising:

a data set sub-window disposed in the interchange window; and

the data set sub-window operable to display a data set of the interchange.

12. The window of claim 11, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the data set sub-window further operable to display a data set of the document.

13. The window of claim 1, further comprising:

a translation report sub-window disposed in the interchange window; and

the translation report sub-window operable to display a translation report of the interchange.

14. The window of claim 13, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the translation report sub-window further operable to display a translation report of the document.

15. The window of claim 1, further comprising:

a data set sub-window disposed in the interchange window, the data set sub-window operable to display a data set of the interchange; and

a translation report sub-window disposed in the interchange window, the translation report sub-window operable to display a translation report of the interchange.

16. The window of claim 15, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the data set sub-window further operable to display a data set of the document.

17. The window of claim 15, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the translation report sub-window further operable to display a translation report of the document.

18. A window in a graphical user interface, comprising:

an interchange window operable to display at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

a data set sub-window disposed in the interchange window, the data set sub-window operable to display a data set of the interchange.

19. The window of claim 18, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the data set sub-window further operable to display a data set of the document.

20. The window of claim 18, further comprising a translation report sub-window disposed in the interchange window, the translation report sub-window operable to display a translation report of the interchange.

21. The window of claim 20, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the translation report sub-window further operable to display a translation report of the document.

22. The window of claim 18, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a functional group entry associated with a functional group of the interchange.

23. The window of claim 18, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

24. A window in a graphical user interface, comprising:

an interchange window operable to display at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

a translation report sub-window disposed in the interchange window, the translation report sub-window operable to display a translation report of the interchange.

25. The window of claim 24, further comprising:

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

the translation report sub-window further operable to display a translation report of the document.

26. The window of claim 24, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a functional group entry associated with a functional group of the interchange.

27. The window of claim 24, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

28. A window in a graphical user interface, comprising:

an interchange window operable to display at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

the interchange window operable to display a functional group entry associated with a functional group of the interchange.

29. The window of claim 28, further comprising the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

30. A window in a graphical user interface, comprising:

an interchange window operable to display at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

the interchange window operable to display a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

31. A method for displaying EDI messages in a computer, comprising the steps of:

displaying an interchange window including at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

displaying a status icon representing the status of the interchange.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a status update of the interchange; and

updating the status icon.

33. The method of claim 31, further comprising the step of displaying a functional group entry associated with a functional group of the interchange.

34. The method of claim 31, further comprising the step of displaying a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

35. The method of claim 31, further comprising the step of displaying a status icon representing the status of the document.

36. The method of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a data set sub-window in the interchange window; and

displaying a data set of the interchange in the data set sub-window.

37. The method of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a translation report sub-window in the interchange window; and

displaying a translation report of the interchange in the translation report sub-window.

38. The method of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a document entry associated with a document of the interchange;

displaying a data set sub-window in the interchange window; and

displaying a data set of the document in the data set sub-window.

39. The method of claim 31, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a document entry associated with a document of the interchange;

displaying a translation report sub-window in the interchange window; and

displaying a translation report of the document in the translation report sub-window.

40. A method for displaying EDI messages in a computer, comprising the steps of:

displaying an interchange window including at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message;

displaying a translation report sub-window in the interchange window; and

displaying a translation report of the interchange in the translation report sub-window.

41. The method of claim 40, further comprising the steps of:

displaying in the interchange window a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

displaying a translation report of the document in the translation report sub-window.

42. The method of claim 40, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a data set sub-window in the interchange window; and

displaying a data set of the interchange in the data set sub-window.

43. The method of claim 42, further comprising the steps of:

displaying in the interchange window a document entry associated with a document of the interchange; and

displaying a data set of the document in the data set sub-window.

44. The method of claim 40, further comprising the step of displaying a functional group entry associated with a functional group of the interchange.

45. The method of claim 40, further comprising the step of displaying a document entry associated with a document of the interchange.

46. A method for displaying EDI messages in a computer, comprising the steps of:

displaying an interchange window including at least one interchange entry associated with an interchange of an EDI message; and

displaying a functional group entry associated a functional group of the interchange.

47. The method of claim 46, further comprising the step of displaying a document entry associated a document of the interchange.

48. The window of claim 46, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a document entry associated a document of the interchange; and

displaying a status icon representing the status of document.