Ralph H Dafoe

US Patent:

46047107, Aug 5, 1986

Filed:

Mar 12, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/588404

Inventors:

Robert Amezcua - Austin TX
Silous F. Clements - Georgetown TX
John S. Coenen - Austin TX
Ralph H. DaFoe - Austin TX
Michael N. Day - Austin TX
Dennis M. Ross - Austin TX
Richard O. Simpson - Austin TX

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 110
G06F 3023

US Classification:

364900

Abstract:

A method and control apparatus for operating an interactive text processing system wherein the system emulates a terminal for a data processing system which is capable of accessing information from the data processing system data base, copying the information into the text processing system memory, and automatically converting the information from the data processing system format into the text processing system format. Similarly, the text processing system is capable of converting information from its own data base from a text processing system format to a data processing system format and transmitting the information to the data processing system.