Display-model mapping for TN3270 client
US6128662A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 3, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To determine the name that specifies the Systems Network Architecture logical-unit-characteristics set that a host (12) systems services control point is to associate with a TN3270 server (18) logical-unit process that is to represent a client terminal (14), the server (18) generates the name from the client's device type algorithmically, i.e., without looking the name up in a server-maintained table entered by using the device type as the key. This eliminates the need for server updates when new device types are introduced. Additionally, the algorithm used to generate the name depends on whether the client has negotiated to receive a copy of the data transmitted in the BIND message by which another logical unit initiates a session with the logical unit that will represent the client. In that way, the host's systems services control point can send the client data streams in the form that it expects, and the server is relieved of the need to perform any translation.
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