US3209330A
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Data processing apparatus including an alpha-numeric shift register
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1961-04-26
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Granted: 1965-09-28
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Expires: 1981-04-26
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven A Bonomo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 17:20
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/448; G06F9/4482; G06F9/4484; G06F11/00; G06F11/07; G06F11/0703; G06F11/0706; G06F11/0748; G06F11/0766; G06F11/0769; G06F11/16; G06F11/1608; G06F11/1612; G06F13/00; G06F13/10; G06F13/12; G06F13/122; G06F15/00; G06F15/76; G06F15/78; G06F16/00; G06F3/00; G06F3/06; G06F3/0601; G06F5/00; G06F5/06; G06F5/065; G06F9/30; G06F9/30003; G06F9/30007; G06F9/30032; G06F9/30094; G06F9/30145; G06F9/32; G06F3/0628; G06F3/0655; G06F3/0656; G06F3/0668; G06F3/0671; G06F3/0673; G06F3/0682
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MIXED ALPHABETIC AND NUMERIC DATA, MEANS FOR REPRESENTING NUMERIC CHARACTERS BY SIGNALS REPRESENTING SINGLE CHARACTERS; MEANS FOR REPRESENTING ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS BEING NUMERIC; RESENTING PAIRS OF CHARACTERS, ONE CHARACTER OF SAID PAIRS OF CHARACTERS BEING ALPHABETIC, THE OTHER BEING NUMERIC; A SHAIFT REGISTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF DENOMINATIONALLY ORDERED CHARACTER POSITIONS; MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS REPRESENTING NUMERIC CHARACTERS TO A FIRST POSITION OF SAID DENOMINATIONALLY ORDERED CHARACTER POSITIONS; MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS REPRESENTING ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS TO A POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST POSITION; AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID SHIFT REGISTER SO THAT SIGNALS REPRESENTING NUMERIC DATA ARE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE POSITION TO AN ADJACENT POSITION AS SAID SHIFT REGISTER IS SHIFTED WHEN ONLY NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE APPLIED TO SAID SHIFT REGISTER AND TO ALTERNATE POSITIONS WHEN BOTH NUMERIC AND ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS ARE APPLIED TO SAID SHIFT REGISTER, SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTING ALPAHBETIC CHARACTERS BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY SHIFTGED TO ALTERNATE POSITIONS AS SAID SIGNAL REPRESENTING NUMERIC DATA ARE SHIFTED.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MIXED ALPHABETIC AND NUMERIC DATA, MEANS FOR REPRESENTING NUMERIC CHARACTERS BY SIGNALS REPRESENTING SINGLE CHARACTERS; MEANS FOR REPRESENTING ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS BEING NUMERIC; RESENTING PAIRS OF CHARACTERS, ONE CHARACTER OF SAID PAIRS OF CHARACTERS BEING ALPHABETIC, THE OTHER BEING NUMERIC; A SHAIFT REGISTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF DENOMINATIONALLY ORDERED CHARACTER POSITIONS; MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS REPRESENTING NUMERIC CHARACTERS TO A FIRST POSITION OF SAID DENOMINATIONALLY ORDERED CHARACTER POSITIONS; MEANS FOR APPLYING SIGNALS REPRESENTING ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS TO A POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST POSITION; AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID SHIFT REGISTER SO THAT SIGNALS REPRESENTING NUMERIC DATA ARE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE POSITION TO AN ADJACENT POSITION AS SAID SHIFT REGISTER IS SHIFTED WHEN ONLY NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE APPLIED TO SAID SHIFT REGISTER AND TO ALTERNATE POSITIONS WHEN BOTH NUMERIC AND ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS ARE APPLIED TO SAID SHIFT REGISTER, SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTING ALPAHBETIC CHARACTERS BEING SIMULTANEOUSLY SHIFTGED TO ALTERNATE POSITIONS AS SAID SIGNAL REPRESENTING NUMERIC DATA ARE SHIFTED.
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