Cool ice data wizard calculation service
First Claim
1. In a data processing environment having a user terminal for generating a service request for modification of data within a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network, the improvement comprising:
- a data wizard to which desired calculations may be specified by said user terminal and which prepares script in response thereto which performs said desired calculations on said data.
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Abstract
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request calculations on an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user fills in and transmits an HTML form defining the requested calculation. A data wizard converts the requested calculation definition to a script which is executable by the data base management system. The desired calculations are made and the results are returned to the user as one or more HTML pages.
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20 Claims
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1. In a data processing environment having a user terminal for generating a service request for modification of data within a data base management system responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communication network, the improvement comprising:
a data wizard to which desired calculations may be specified by said user terminal and which prepares script in response thereto which performs said desired calculations on said data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
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a. a user terminal which specifies a desired calculation to be performed on data;
b. a data wizard responsively coupled to said user terminal, wherein said data wizard converts said desired calculation to modify said data to a script; and
c. a data base management system responsively coupled to said data wizard and responsively coupled to said user terminal via a publically accessible digital data communications network, which performs said desired calculation to modify said data in response to said script. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of modifying data by performing a desired calculation upon said data utilizing a user terminal coupled via a publically accessible digital data network to access a remote data base management system having a data base comprising:
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a. specifying said desired calculation within said user terminal;
b. transferring said specified desired calculation from said user terminal to said data base management system;
c. converting said specified desired calculation to data base management script within a data wizard;
d. providing said script to said data base management system;
e. executing said script within said data base management system to modify said data; and
f. transferring said modified data to said user terminal via said publically accessible digital data network. - 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 request a desired calculation to data of a digital data base management system;
b. means responsively coupled to said permitting means for converting said desired calculation to a script; and
c. means responsively coupled to said converting means and responsively coupled to said permitting means via a publically accessible digital data communication network, for modifying said data by performing said desired calculation in response to said script. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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