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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1993
Tutomu Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Hirosawa, Machida, JP;
Motohide Kokunishi, Kokubunji, JP;
Masaharu Iwanaga, Kamakura, JP;
Shinichi Endo, Yokosuka, JP;
Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Job execution within a computer system having a plurality of host computers is handled over an electronic mail system having a terminal and server, by the use of job control processing interfacing between the computer system and the electronic mail system. Job mail comprises job offer paper mail, job execution result mail, job execution progress mail and job data mail. The electronic mail system 2 stores job mail, converts the format, etc., of the job mail, and manages the electronic mail. The job control terminal 4 converts the format, etc., of the job mail, generates commands to the computer system on interpreting the job mail, selects a host computer for executing based upon the running state and/or load, etc. of the host computers 42 of the computer system 3, generates job mail based upon execution results and execution progress from the computer system and exchanges mail between the electronic mail system and the computer system. The computer system executes jobs in response to the job commands from the job control terminal 4, with execution starting time based upon a date when provided by the job mail.