Automatic system for updating data

Abstract

An automatic gateway that runs as an HTML solution and is capable of automatically generating service requests in response to a condition precedent for service by an On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) style application running on an enterprise server. The OLTP server provides a result which is utilized by the automatic gateway to update a data presentation. The services on the OLTP system are designed to accomplish a specific task, for example, update the schedules and pricing of an airline. In a preferred embodiment, the OLTP system is X/Open compliant. The users of the system can access the updated data presentation without further communication with the OLTP enterprise server.

1 . In a data processing system having an On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) system, the improvement comprising: 
 an automatic gateway which automatically updates data within said data processing system by automatically making a service request of said OLTP system in response to a condition precedent.    
     
     
         2 . A data processing system according to  claim 1  wherein a user may access said updated data without generating a subsequent access to said OLTP system.  
     
     
         3 . A data processing system according to  claim 2  wherein said condition precedent further comprises the passage of an interval of time.  
     
     
         4 . A data processing system according to  claim 3  wherein said user accesses said updated data with an industry standard personal computer.  
     
     
         5 . A data processing system according to  claim 4  wherein said OLTP system further comprises a Unisys 2200 system.  
     
     
         6 . An apparatus comprising: 
 a. an OLTP server for processing a service request and providing a result;    b. a DCOM server responsively coupled to said OLTP server; and    c. an automatic gateway within said DCOM server which automatically generates said service request and receives said result in response to a condition precedent.    
     
     
         7 . A data processing system according to  claim 6  wherein said DCOM server is responsively coupled to said OLTP server via the world wide web.  
     
     
         8 . A data processing system according to  claim 7  further comprising a user terminal responsively coupled to said DCOM server wherein said user terminal accesses said result.  
     
     
         9 . A data processing system according to  claim 8  wherein said user terminal further comprises an industry standard personal computer.  
     
     
         10 . A data processing system according to  claim 9  wherein said OLTP system further comprises a Unisys 2200 system.  
     
     
         11 . An apparatus comprising: 
 a. means for offering On-Line Transaction Processing of a service request;    b. means responsively coupled to said offering means for providing a DCOM environment; and    c. means located within said offering means for automatically generating said service request in response to a condition precedent.    
     
     
         12 . An apparatus according to  claim 11  wherein said condition precedent further comprises elapse of a predetermined time interval.  
     
     
         13 . An apparatus according to  claim 11  wherein said offering means further comprises a Unisys 2200 system.  
     
     
         14 . An apparatus according to  claim 11  wherein said offering means is responsively coupled to said providing means via the internet.  
     
     
         15 . An apparatus according to  claim 11  further comprising means responsively coupled to said providing means for providing a user to interface with said providing means.  
     
     
         16 . A method of providing updated data to a user comprising: 
 a. automatically generating a service request within a DCOM server in response to a condition precedent;    b. transferring said service request from said DCOM server to an OLTP server via a publically available communication system;    c. honoring said service request within said OLTP service to produce a result;    d. transferring said result from said OLTP server to said DCOM server via said publically available communication system;    e. modifying a presentation to produce said updated data; and    f. providing access by said user to said updated data via said DCOM server.    
     
     
         17 . A method according to  claim 16  wherein said OLTP server is responsively coupled to said DCOM server via the world wide web.  
     
     
         18 . A method according to  claim 17  wherein said access providing step further comprises providing access via an industry standard personal computer.  
     
     
         19 . A method according to  claim 18  wherein said two transferring steps further comprises transferring via the internet.  
     
     
         20 . A method according to  claim 19  wherein said condition precedent further comprises and elapsed time period.