Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer data routing – Least weight routing
Reexamination Certificate
1997-09-15
2001-05-22
Banankhah, Majid A. (Department: 2151)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer data routing
Least weight routing
C706S011000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06237045
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an interactive information processing system for accomplishing a variety of objects through interaction between a user and a machine via a common platform having a plurality of windows.
2. Description of the Related Art
The present inventor has proposed a “language processing system based on an object network” in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/279,861 (continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/019,272). The system is referred to as a Window-based Elaboration Language (hereinafter, WELL) system. A graph-structure object network having noun objects representing “points”, “segments”, etc. as nodes and verb objects representing “drawing”, “painting”, etc. as branches is rendered in one window in a multi-window system. A user selects the noun objects and verb objects in the object network one by one and proceeds with work while viewing the object network appearing in the window and a data window rendering the results of processing.
In the WELL system, transactions are visually rendered in the form of an object network and are therefore easy for a human being to understand. The WELL system can therefore be said to be a user-friendly system for a designer of transactions as well as a system user. However, the proposed system is designed to be adaptable for a specific field and therefore has little dynamic expansibility to other fields. Since a running system itself is customized in advance in conformity with a specific field, while the system is running, the application field cannot be altered dynamically.
In addition, because of the little dynamic expansibility to different fields, there is difficulty in constructing a hierarchical system with an agent capability in which an agent-role server of an upper level issues a specific instruction to a plurality of specific role servers of lower levels according to a user's intention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The first object of the present invention is to provide an interactive information processing system that offers dynamic expansibility to any different field owing to an innovative WELL system.
The second object of the present invention is to provide an interactive information processing system having an agent capability.
According to the present invention, there is provided an interactive information processing system comprising: a means for producing a common platform composed of a plurality of windows; a communication manager for converting data between a visible object rendered in the common platform and a data structure discernible by a computer; a plurality of service modules; and a processing means for selectively activating the plurality of service modules according to an instruction issued by a user via the common platform and communication manager.
According to the present invention, there is provided an interactive information processing system comprising: an agent-role server including a means for producing a first common platform composed of a plurality of windows for use in interacting with a client; and a specific role server having a means for producing a second common platform composed of a plurality of windows for use in interacting with a client. For operating the system, a client of the agent-role server is a user of the system and a client of the specific role server is the agent-role server.
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Banankhah Majid A.
Caldwell P. G.
Fujitsu Limited
Staas & Halsey , LLP
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