Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
1996-11-25
2002-10-15
Hong, Stephen S. (Department: 2776)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
active
06466955
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an art for sharing a data processing result synchronously and in real-time among a group of remotely-located users at respective terminal devices, especially an art that enables users to see at respective terminal devices in different graphical forms based on the same data processing result.
First of all, an information processing device of prior art where a plurality of users share a data processing result at respective terminal devices is explained.
FIG. 8
shows a configuration of a terminal device of an information processing device of prior art.
A terminal device
31
comprises an input device
311
(a keyboard or a mouse, for example), a display device
321
(a CRT, for example) and an information processing device
331
(a CPU, for example).
In the terminal device
31
, the input device
311
is connected with the information processing device
331
and the display device
321
is connected with the information processing device
331
, thus each terminal device is configured.
As such a configuration example, there are a workstation, a personal computer and the like.
Next, an information processing device of XTV (X-window Terminal View) system for sharing at each terminal device a data processing result using a plurality of the above-mentioned terminal devices is explained.
FIG. 9
shows a configuration of an information processing device of XTV (X-window Terminal View) system, where terminal devices
41
,
42
and
43
are connected to each other via a network (ISDN or High-speed dedicated line, for example). The dotted lines in
FIG.9
show communication lines (channels) of information.
Here, as an example, each terminal device shares the same data processing result and the same data processing result is displayed at each terminal device in the form of table or graph.
In the same way as the above-mentioned terminal device
31
, the terminal device
41
is configured from an input device
411
, an information processing device
421
and a display device
431
. In addition, an input/output visualization means
441
exists in the information processing device
421
.
This input/output visualization means
441
transmits an input information (information on a pressed key on a keyboard, for example) to other input/output visualization means or receives an information transmitted from the terminal device and lets the display device
431
display the information.
In the same way as the terminal device
41
, the terminal device
43
is configured from an input device
413
, an information processing device
423
and a display device
433
. In addition, an input/output visualization, means
443
exists in the information processing device
423
.
The terminal device
42
is configured from an input device
412
, an information processing device
422
and a display device
432
.
In addition, an input/output visualization means
442
same as the input/output visualization means
441
exists in the information processing device
422
.
Moreover, an input processing means
452
, a data processing means
462
and visualization information conversion means
472
exist in the information processing device
422
.
The input processing means
452
input processes data input through the input/output visualization means
442
so that the data processing means
462
can can perform data processing, outputs input processing information.
The data processing means
462
processes the input processing information and outputs a processing result thereof.
The visualization information conversion means
472
converts the processing result by the data processing means to predetermined visualization information (information for displaying a data processing result in a form of graph, for example).
Next,
FIGS. 10 and 11
show data flow input at the input device
411
in the terminal device
41
for displaying the data processing result.
FIG. 10
is a chart showing a flow of information from the terminal device
41
in the information processing device shown in
FIG. 9
to the terminal device
42
and
43
.
FIG. 11
is a chart showing a flow of information shown in
FIG. 10
by the form of processing flow according to each step.
When data input using the input device
411
in the terminal device
41
(step
401
), the input/output visualization device
441
transmits an input information (information on a pressed key on a keyboard, for example) to the input/output visualization means
442
in the terminal device
42
. (step
402
). The input/output visualization means
442
inputs a received input information and outputs the received input information to the input processing means
452
. (step
403
).
The input processing means
452
input processes a data so that the data processing means
462
can perform data processing, converts it to an input processing information and outputs a result to the data processing means
462
. (step
403
).
The data processing means
462
processes data based on the input processing information, outputs a processing result thereof to the visualization information conversion means
472
. (step
403
).
The visualization information conversion means
472
converts a data processing result to visualization information for displaying the data in the form specified by a user, for example, in the form of bar graph if a user specified it, passes the visualization information to the input/output visualization means
442
. (step
404
).
The input/output visualization means
442
transmits the received visualization information to the input/output visualization means
441
in the terminal device
41
and the input/output visualization means
443
in the terminal device
43
. (step
405
).
The input/output visualization means
441
in the terminal device
41
lets the display device
431
display the received visualization information. (step
406
).
Similarly to this, the input/output visualization means
443
in the terminal device
43
lets the display device
433
display the received visualization information. (step
407
).
The input/output visualization means
442
in the terminal device
42
lets the display device
432
display the same visualization information as that transmitted to the terminal device
41
and terminal device
43
. (step
408
).
Thus, the prior art terminal devices uniformly let terminal devices display the same data processing result.
In the above-mentioned information processing device of prior art, however, there is a problem in that each user cannot refer the data processing result in a favorite expressive form since the prior art, broadcasts the same data processing result to all users in the same form.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing art enabling users to see the same data processing result in different forms at respective terminal device when the plural users share a data processing result in real-time at respective terminal devices.
The object of the present invention is achieved by an information processing apparatus comprising a first terminal device and a plurality of second terminal devices. The first terminal device includes a data processing means for processing an input processing information and outputting a data processing result, and a broadcast communication means for broadcasting the data processing result to the second terminal devices. Each second terminal device includes an input processing means for processing input data for conversion to input processing information that can be processed by the data processing means, and an visualization information conversion means for converting the data processing result transmitted by the broadcast communication means to a visualization information specified by a user.
By the present invention configured as above, an input processing information from an input processing means in a terminal device is processed in a data processing means, the same processing result is transmitted to the visualization processing means in other terminal devices.
Then, a visualization i
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