Method and system for transferring job between computers

• US 6,622,156 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2001
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Hirabayashi, Motoaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Application Number:
  US09/812,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20010010055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 915 Days
• Field of Search: 709/101, 709/102, 709/103, 709/200, 709/201, 709/202, 709/205, 709/206
• US Class Current: 718/102
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

In a job transferring method of sending a request from a first computer to a second computer so as to cause the second computer to register and execute a job, the request is created so that it can include a plurality of scripts, the script being an aggregation of a plurality of commands. For example, the first computer creates a request data stream that includes the content of the plurality of scripts, then sending the created request data stream to the second computer. Moreover, the second computer extracts the content of the plurality of scripts included in the request data stream and stores the content as a script file for each script, then executing a script to be executed first of the plurality of scripts.

Claims

1. A job transferring method for sending a request from a first computer to a second computer by using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on said first computer, said job transferring method comprising the steps of:

displaying a plurality of options on a screen of said first computer, said plurality of options being necessary for causing said second computer to register and execute a job, and said options including file names of a plurality of scripts for said job;

selecting options including said file name from among said options in response to designation by a user viewing said screen;

creating, by said first computer, said request from the selected options, said request including a content of said plurality of scripts obtained from said file name; and

sending said request from said first computer to said second computer.

2. The job transferring method according to claim 1, wherein said at least one script is a plurality of scripts each thereof having a unique file name, and

said plurality of options include an option for designating a file name of a script to be executed first.

3. The job transferring method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving, by said first computer, a result of execution of said script from said second computer; and

displaying said result on said screen of said first computer.

4. The job transferring method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of specifying at least one of execution date/time, a priority level and an execution holding of said job by using the GUI on said first computer.

8. A computer readable storage medium storing a program executing the steps of the method according to claim 1.

9. A program to be stored on a computer readable storage medium, said program executing the steps of the method according to claim 1.

5. A job transferring system for sending a request from a first computer to a second computer by using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on said first computer, wherein said first computer comprises:

a display unit having a screen for displaying a plurality of options thereon, said options being necessary for causing said second computer to register and execute a job, and said options including file names of a plurality of scripts for said job;

a processing unit for selecting options including said file name from among said options in response to designation by a user viewing said screen;

a processing unit for creating said request from the selected options, said request including a content of said plurality of scripts obtained from said file name; and

a processing unit for sending said request from said first computer to said second computer.

6. The job transferring system according to claim 5, wherein said at least one script is a plurality of scripts each thereof having a unique file name, and

said plurality of options include an option for designating a file name of a script to be executed first.

7. The job transferring system according to claim 5, wherein said first computer further comprises:

a processing unit for receiving a result of execution of said script from said second computer; and

said display unit of said first computer displays said result on said screen.