US4500964A
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Dialog user error diagnosis, severity, and help technique
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1983-03-30
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Granted: 1985-02-19
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Expires: 2003-03-30
Abstract
Abstract An improvement is disclosed to the conventional field related help facility in an interactive data entry data processing system. The improvement comprises a technique for a detailed analysis of all dialog errors, recommended solutions and predicts the application response if the error is not corrected. This is accomplished by building a data base of extended diagnostic message sets which are uniquely addressed by at least the data entry dialog name and the error bit mask generated by an analysis of data entered by a user. Then at the user's request, the error summary data consisting of an error statement, suggested solutions, and a prediction of what will happen if the error goes uncorrected are presented for all errors detected.
Inventors
- 👤 Allen F. Nickle
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 19:21
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G06F11/00; G06F11/22; G06F11/2257
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
In an interactive data entry system of the type wherein a dialog is displayed requiring a user to key in certain specified data and then enter that data, the system then performing an error analysis of the entered data in the sequence of (1) individual keyed data field validity, (2) interaction of one keyed data field with another, and (3) interaction of keyed data with previously specified data or other application related limits and setting related error bits in a mask as errors are detected, and if the error mask has any non-zero bits, then redisplaying the dialog with warning indicators, the improvement of a method of providing an extended error diagnosis of all errors to assist the user in correcting the errors, said method comprising the step of building a data base of extended diagnostic error messages sets for each type of error for each data field of each data entry dialog, each set of extended diagnostic error messages being uniquely addressed in said data base by at least the name of the corresponding data entry dialog and said bit mask.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
In an interactive data entry system of the type wherein a dialog is displayed requiring a user to key in certain specified data and then enter that data, the system then performing an error analysis of the entered data in the sequence of (1) individual keyed data field validity, (2) interaction of one keyed data field with another, and (3) interaction of keyed data with previously specified data or other application related limits and setting related error bits in a mask as errors are detected, and if the error mask has any non-zero bits, then redisplaying the dialog with warning indicators, the improvement of a method of providing an extended error diagnosis of all errors to assist the user in correcting the errors, said method comprising the step of building a data base of extended diagnostic error messages sets for each type of error for each data field of each data entry dialog, each set of extended diagnostic error messages being uniquely addressed in said data base by at least the name of the corresponding data entry dialog and said bit mask.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The improvement according to claim 1 further comprising the steps of addressing a set of extended diagnostic messages using a data entry dialog name and said bit mask in response to a user's request for help in diagnosing errors in data entry, and displaying the thus addressed set of extended diagnostic messages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said step of building includes the step of providing an error message, a solution message, and a severity message for each set of extended diagnostic error messages.
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