Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer session/connection establishing
Patent
1997-04-02
2000-07-25
Rinehart, Mark H.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer session/connection establishing
709246, G06F 1338, G06F 1517
Patent
active
060946849
ABSTRACT:
A data acquisition and delivery system for performing data delivery tasks is disclosed. This system uses a computer running software to acquire source data from a selected data source, to process (e.g. filter, format convert) the data, if desired, and to deliver the resulting delivered data to a data target. The system is designed to access remote and/or local data sources and to deliver data to remote and/or local data targets. The data target might be an application program that delivers the data to a file or the data target may simply be a file, for example. To obtain the delivered data, the software performs processing of the source data as appropriate for the particular type of data being retrieved, for the particular data target and as specified by a user, for example. The system can communicate directly with a target application program, telling the target application to place the delivered data in a particular location in a particular file. The system provides an external interface to an external context. If the external context is a human, the external interface may be a graphical user interface, for example. If the external context is another software application, the external interface may be an OLE interface, for example. Using the external interface, the external context is able to vary a variety of parameters to define data delivery tasks as desired. The system uses a unique notation that includes a plurality of predefined parameters to define the data delivery tasks and to communicate them to the software.
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Alpha Microsystems, Inc.
Rinehart Mark H.
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