Computer implemented system for communicating between a user terminal and a database system
First Claim
1. In a data processing environment having a user terminal containing a commercial browser with frames capability coupled to a publicly accessible digital communications network with service requests for modifying system settings and having a proprietary data base management system located remotely from said user terminal, the improvement comprising:
- web server responsively coupled to said user terminal via said publicly accessible digital communications network but located remotely from said user terminal and responsively coupled to said data base management system wherein said web server includes an administration module which receives said service requests and modifies said system settings.
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Abstract
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user request is received by a web server from the world wide web and converted into one or more sequenced data base management commands. These data base management commands are sequentially presented to the data base management system and the intermediate products stored. After all of the sequenced data base management commands have been executed, the web server combines the intermediate products to form a complete response to the initial user request. The response is transferred to the user over the world wide web. Certain specialized service requests are defined which establish and modify system settings parameters. These system settings parameters are stored and used for controlling general system operation of the data base management system.
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20 Claims
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1. In a data processing environment having a user terminal containing a commercial browser with frames capability coupled to a publicly accessible digital communications network with service requests for modifying system settings and having a proprietary data base management system located remotely from said user terminal, the improvement comprising:
web server responsively coupled to said user terminal via said publicly accessible digital communications network but located remotely from said user terminal and responsively coupled to said data base management system wherein said web server includes an administration module which receives said service requests and modifies said system settings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a. a user terminal having a commercial browser with frames capability which transmits a service request;
b. a publicly accessible digital communications network coupled to said user terminal;
c. a web server responsively coupled to said user terminal via said publicly accessible digital communications network and located remotely therefrom;
d. a legacy data base management system responsively coupled to said web server;
e. a system settings module for storing system settings located within said web server and responsively coupled to said legacy data base management system; and
f. an administration module located within said web server and responsively coupled to said system settings module which modifies said system settings module in response to said service request. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of communicating between a user terminal and a data base management system responsively coupled to a server located remotely from said user terminal comprising:
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a. transmitting a service request from said user terminal;
b. receiving said service request by said server; and
c. using said service request to modify system settings parameters of said data base management system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a. means for permitting a user to interact with a digital data base by transmitting a service request from a commercial browser having frames capability;
b. means responsively coupled to said permitting means for providing said user with access to a publicly accessible digital communication network;
c. means responsively coupled to said permitting means for offering data processing services located remotely from said permitting means; and
d. means responsively coupled to said offering means and said permitting means for converting said service request to a system setting parameter. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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