Cool ice data wizard calculation service

• US 6,721,722 B1
• Filed: 11/24/1999
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unisys Corporation
• Inventors: Turba, Thomas N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wassum, Luke S
• Application Number:
  US09/448,165
• Time in Patent Office: 1,602 Days
• Field of Search: 707/2-5, 707/10, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 707/805
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/922 Communications
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

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.

Claims

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.

2. The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said publically accessible digital data communication network further comprises the internet.

3. The improvement according to claim 2 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer having a commercially available browser.

4. The improvement according to claim 3 further comprising an HTML form whereby said user terminal specifies said desired calculations.

5. The improvement according to claim 4 wherein said data base management system is Classic MAPPER.

6. An apparatus comprising:

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.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said publically accessible digital data communication network further comprises the internet.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising an HTML form whereby said user terminal specifies said desired calculation to modify said data.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer containing a web browser.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising an HTML response generated by said data base management system and transferred to said user terminal which provides said data as modified by said desired calculation to said user terminal.

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:

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.

12. A method according to claim 11 wherein said publically accessible digital data communication network further comprises the world wide web.

13. A method according to claim 12 wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry compatible personal computer.

14. A method according to claim 13 wherein said specifying step further comprises filling out an HTML form.

15. A method according to claim 14 wherein said remote data base management system further comprises MAPPER data base management system.

16. An apparatus comprising:

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.

17. An apparatus according to claim 16 wherein said permitting means further comprises means for transferring said desired calculation as an HTML page.

18. An apparatus according to claim 17 wherein said modifying means further comprises means for returning results of said desired calculation to said user terminal.

19. An apparatus according to claim 18 wherein said modifying means further comprises MAPPER data base management system.

20. An apparatus according to claim 19 wherein said permitting means further comprises an industry standard personal computer.