Download Method and apparatus for electronic data interchange

US. Patent
Aug. 21, 1990
Sheet 1 of 26
4,951,196
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lication Pro rams
Overlay Generator program modules
Data entry, print ,
file translation, dictionary
handling program modules
Other application program modules
Files
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Overlays for data entry, print, file translation
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Element, segment,
transaction dictionaries
(dictionary-defined transactions)
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Data as received,
as entered,
and as translated
into and from the dictionary-structured formats
Other application files
FIGURE 1