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Front-end processor with notification and initialization means

US5961612A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 1997
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99934
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to provide a front-end processor wherein additional functions for retrieving external resources can be easily supplemented optionally without user's complicated environment setting, a front-end processor of the invention, having a main processing section (2) and retrieval sections (4) controlled through the main processing section, comprises: notification means (10) provided in each of the retrieval sections for transmitting initialization information to the main processing section when a file of said each of the retrieval sections is deployed in a main memory area; and initialization means (7) provided in the main processing section for initializing default environments of the front-end processor according to the initialization information transmitted from each of the retrieval sections.

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