Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec
Methods, data structures, and computer program products for representing states of interaction in automatic host access and terminal emulation using scripts
Host interaction and terminal emulation sessions are conducted between a client and a resource by transitioning between terminal emulation states that represent interaction between the client and the resource. Transitions from a present terminal emulation state to a next terminal emulation state is automatically performed based on output provided by the resource and the present terminal emulation state. The terminal emulation may thereby be provided by ScriptUnits XML tags that represent the transitioning of terminal emulation states. The ScriptUnits can be parsed to create an object tree that can be manipulated using a visual editor. The visual editor may be used to change existing states in the terminal emulation session and add new states. The visual manipulation may allow a person who is unfamiliar with source programming languages to support the terminal emulation services. The format of the script representation may allow one vendor to import a script from another vendor to process in the importing vendor's internal structure without affecting the external terminal emulation programs.
International Business Machines Corporation
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Yongcheng John R. Yih-Shin Steven D.
Li Hind Tan Ims