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Controlling an information processing apparatus

US6259447A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 5, 1998
Grant dateJul 10, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/451
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For each screen appearing in an application to be automatically executed, information for spacifying the screen (e.g., a screen number or a characteristic message) is recorded, to be compared with another at the time of re-execution to confirm that the automatic execution is being carried out in accordance with a predetermined procedure. An action procedure (e.g., PA2 KEY) for each screen is recorded in preparation for appearance of an exceptional screen. Software is provided for recording an operational procedure of a keyboard or screen position's designation of an input/output variable and, thus, an operator is capable of recording screen specifying data, input variable data and output variable data while an application is being executed.

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