Open network system for I/O operations with non-standard I/O devices utilizing extended protocol including device identifier and identifier for operation to be performed with device
DCFirst Claim
1. An open network processing system comprising:
- a server program coupled to an open network;
a non-standard input/output (I/O) device coupled to said open network; and
a client program for communicating data in an extended open network protocol between said server program and said non-standard I/O device, said extended network protocol including one identifier for said non-standard I/O device for a transaction and an identifier for an operation to be performed with said identified non-standard I/O device.
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Abstract
An open network system for supporting input/output (I/O) operations for non-standard I/O devices are disclosed. The system includes a server coupled to a plurality of I/O devices through an open network and an extended open system protocol that supports communication with devices that are not personal computers (PCs). These devices include magnetic stripe readers, check readers, smart card readers, credit card terminals, screen phone terminals, PIN pads, printers, and the like. The extended open network protocol includes tags which identify device and input operations and attributes which identify the location, data exchange method, and data variable names for the retrieval, acquisition, and submission of data between the server and I/O devices. Preferably, the open network protocol is implemented in a Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP). Preferably, the system includes a common gateway interface (CGI) at the server which converts protocol statements communicated between the server and I/O devices to application language statements for providing data to an application program coupled to the server. Most preferably, the application statements and protocol statements are constructed in integrated statements with an editor. The editor ensures that data identifiers in the application and protocol statements are compatible. The integrated statements are then parsed by the editor to segregate the protocol statements from the application statements. The protocol statements are downloaded in a file to a client program at an I/O device for processing. The application statements are stored in a file for use by the application. In this manner, generation of the files for client and application processing are automatically done without the user ensuring the correlation of the data fields in the two files.
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20 Claims
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1. An open network processing system comprising:
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a server program coupled to an open network; a non-standard input/output (I/O) device coupled to said open network; and a client program for communicating data in an extended open network protocol between said server program and said non-standard I/O device, said extended network protocol including one identifier for said non-standard I/O device for a transaction and an identifier for an operation to be performed with said identified non-standard I/O device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing data over an open network for non-standard input/output (I/O) devices comprising the steps of:
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coupling a server program to an open network; coupling a non-standard I/O device to said open network; communicating data conforming to an extended open network protocol between said server program and said non-standard I/O device; identifying said non-standard I/O device in a protocol statement conforming to said extended network protocol; and identifying an operation to be performed with said identified non-standard I/O device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An open network processing system comprising:
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a server program coupled to an open network, said server program including a common gateway interface; a non-standard input/output (I/O) device coupled to said open network; a client program for communicating data in an extended open network protocol between said server program and said non-standard I/O device, said client program communicating said data in files having protocol statements conforming to said extended open network protocol; and said common gateway interface provides data from said protocol statements conforming to said extended open network protocol to a transaction system, correlates data in said protocol statements conforming to said extended open network protocol with data fields in database files for a database coupled to said server, and receives data from said transaction system to provide said data to said client program. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for processing data over an open network for non-standard input/output (I/O) devices comprising the steps of:
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coupling a server program to an open network; coupling a non-standard I/O device to said open network; communicating data conforming to an extended open network protocol between said server program and said non-standard I/O device; coupling a common gateway interface to said server program, said common gateway for communicating data between a database and said server program; providing data from protocol statements conforming to said extended network protocol to a transaction system, said protocol statements being received in a file from said client program; receiving data from said transaction system and providing said data to said client program in a file; and correlating data in extended open network protocol statements with data fields in database files. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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