Unisys Corporation

Craig D Hanson

Thomas N Turba

Eugene J Gretter

J Mark Brassil

Kenneth L Reising

Michael F Parenteau

Neil A Lambert

Tadd E Vanyo

An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access a legacy data base management system having a dialog-based request format to prepare, modify, and execute stored procedures. The user request is passed to the legacy data base management system via the Internet. The command type is determined whereby list, parameter, column, and execute commands are defined. In response to the user request, the scripted procedure is accessed, prepared, modified, or executed, as appropriate. Invalid and/or undefined requests result in an error response. Valid and defined requests result in performance of the requested command and transfer of an appropriate response to the user terminal.

Stored procedure interface

An apparatus for and method of processing a service request via a legacy data base management system to produce a response. The response is converted from the internal format of the legacy data base management system into an XML document which is transferred via the Internet to a user.

XML output definition table for transferring internal data into XML document

An apparatus for and method of processing a service request in XML document format via a legacy data base management system to produce a response. The service is defined by a component definition which is presented to the legacy data base management system as a combination of tables, variables, and script defining various components. The inputs are defined in accordance with a combination of components from a variety of sources. The legacy data base management system honors the service and returns results as appropriate.

Step to define inputs for a service

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Craig D Hanson