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A method for integrating structured data and string data on a text processing system

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1982-04-21
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2002-04-21
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Abstract

Abstract An improved method is disclosed for operating an interactive text processing system to integrate and process DP type structured field data and WP type text or string field data in the same record. The method involves displaying to the text processing system operator a menu of data type codes selectable through a keyboard for defining the types of data fields in a record. In response to operator selected field types, structured fields of fixed length (41) and address pointers of fixed length for the string fields are established for the records. When the data is keyed in, the structured fields are concatenated with the string field address pointers and the text data (43), including format control codes, is stored at a system selected address in a variable length section of an auxiliary storage device such as a disk file. The structured field data is displayed or printed under control of the field length definitions and the string field data is displayed or printed under control of the address pointer and imbedded format control codes.

Inventors

  • 👤 Richard Edmond Berry
  • 👤 John Hayden Wilson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 12:00
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/103; G06F40/166; G06F40/174; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99934

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 207 words
1 In an interactive text processing system including a processor, keyboard, display, printer, main memory and auxiliary memory, method for integrating and processing structured data and text data in the same record characterized in'that it includes the steps of : displaying a menu of predetermined data type codes selectable by an operator through said keyboard for defining the data fields in a record; establishing a structured field of fixed length in said record for each structured field data type code selected through said keyboard; establishing a memory address pointer code for each text data field type code selected through said keyboard; concatenating said structured field data type codes and said text data field type codes in said storage in the order selected to form a record outline; processing input structured field data under control of said structured field data type codes to form structured fields in said data records; processing input text data under control of said string data field type codes by generating a record address in said auxiliary storage device for said text data and storing said text data at the generated address; and concatenating said structured data fields and text data field addresses into records and storing said records in said auxiliary storage device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 207 words
1 In an interactive text processing system including a processor, keyboard, display, printer, main memory and auxiliary memory, method for integrating and processing structured data and text data in the same record characterized in'that it includes the steps of : displaying a menu of predetermined data type codes selectable by an operator through said keyboard for defining the data fields in a record; establishing a structured field of fixed length in said record for each structured field data type code selected through said keyboard; establishing a memory address pointer code for each text data field type code selected through said keyboard; concatenating said structured field data type codes and said text data field type codes in said storage in the order selected to form a record outline; processing input structured field data under control of said structured field data type codes to form structured fields in said data records; processing input text data under control of said string data field type codes by generating a record address in said auxiliary storage device for said text data and storing said text data at the generated address; and concatenating said structured data fields and text data field addresses into records and storing said records in said auxiliary storage device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
2 Method according to claim 1 characterized in that establishing said structured field of fixed length includes establishing a descriptive heading for each field.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
3 Method according to Claim 1 or 2 characterized in that establishing said storage address pointer includes establishing a heading code for each text field..
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
4 Method according to any one of Claim I to 3 characterized in that processing input structured field data includes concurrently displaying said structured field data on said display in record format.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 43 words
5 Method of Claim 3 characterized in that processing said input text data includes displaying said heading code in record format with said structured field data and displaying said text data in format determined by format control codes imbedded in said text data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 36 words
6 Method according to any one of Claim 1 to 5 characterized in that generating said record address includes generating a plurality of record addresses and storing sections of said text data at each generated address.

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