Alice K Mcmullen

US Patent:

44609604, Jul 17, 1984

Filed:

Oct 14, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/311373

Inventors:

Robert W. Anderson - Morgan Hill CA
May L. Gee - San Jose CA
Alice K. McMullen - Charlotte NC

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3023
G06F 304
G06F 314

US Classification:

364200

Abstract:

Key initiated transaction requests at a terminal remote from and in communication with a host data processing system are processed at the terminal under the selective control of the host. Each active transaction key at the terminal keyboard is assigned one of three different states. Transactions requested by keys assigned a standard state are processed at the terminal without further data input being required of the customer. Transactions requested by keys having a data entry state are also handled within the terminal and with the additional customer entered data required to complete the transaction being requested by and received by the terminal using sets of messages previously stored in the terminal by the host data processing system. Transactions designated by an interactive key state take place within and involve communication of interactive start, display, response, and completion messages, and of transaction request, reply, and status messages between both the terminal and the host, enabling the responses and other communications generated by the host in connection with a transaction for a particular customer to be customized.

US Patent:

44843046, Nov 20, 1984

Filed:

Oct 14, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/311372

Inventors:

Robert W. Anderson - Morgan Hill CA
May L. Gee - San Jose CA
Alice K. McMullen - Charlotte NC

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 304
G06F 314

US Classification:

364900

Abstract:

A transaction execution system is provided in which key initiated transaction requests at a terminal remote from and in communication with a host data processing system are processed at the terminal under the selective control of the host. Each active transaction key at the terminal keyboard is assigned one of three different states by a financial institution table. Transactions requested by keys having a data entry state are handled within the terminal and with the additional consumer entered data required to complete the transaction being requested by and received by the terminal using sets of messages previously stored in the terminal by the host data processing system. Transactions designated by an interactive key state take place within and involve interactive communication between both the terminal and the host, enabling the responses and other communications generated by the host in connection with a transaction for a particular customer to be customized. Message storage within the terminal and communication of messages to the terminal from the host are greatly simplified by storage of segments of messages at the terminal. Frequently repeated phrases can then be incorporated into a message as it is readied for display at the terminal by storing the phrases as segments and thereafter simply identifying them in message definitions communicated to the terminal from the host or stored at the terminal.