US3234522A
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Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1961-12-20
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Granted: 1966-02-08
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Expires: 1981-12-20
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard M Armstrong
- 👤 Robert M Meade
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 17:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F17/00; G06F17/10; G06F17/15; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S706/00; Y10S706/902; Y10S706/903; Y10S706/908
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
AN INFERENCE UNIT FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, SAID SYSTEM BEING RESPONSIVE TO TWO STREAMS OF OPERAND BYTES, P AND Q, AND GENERATING FOR EACH PAIR OF BYTES, ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SIGNALS, EACH SIGNAL INDICATING THE OCCURRENCE OF A CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OPERAND BYTES THEN BEING PROCESSED, SAID INFERENCE UNIT COMPRISING; (A) A PLURALITY OF PROGRAM DEVICES SETTABLE IN COMBINATIONS TO DETERMINED THE RESPONSES OF SAID INFERENCE UNIT TO SAID SIGNALS, (B) A PLURALITY OF STATUS TRIGGER INCLUDING A COUNTER AND OTHER TRIGGERS VARIOUSLY SET BY SAID INPUT SIGNALS TO CORRESPOND TO THE LATEST SIGNAL AND TO THE CONDITION OF PRIOR SIGNALS, (C) A PLURALITY OF IMPLICATION UNITS CONTROLLED BY SAID LATEST SIGNAL STATUS TRIGGERS AND SAID SETTABLE PROGRAM DEVICES TO INDICATE WHICH SIGNAL OF SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNALS IS TO BE COUNTED IF IT IS THE NEXT GENERATED SIGNAL, AND (D) INFERENCE MEANS RECEIVING SAID SIGNALS AND CONDITIONED BY SAID IMPLICATION UNITS TO PASS THE INDICATED ONE OF SAID NEXT GENERATED SIGNALS TO OPERATE SAIDS COUNTER OF SAID STATUS TRIGGERS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
AN INFERENCE UNIT FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, SAID SYSTEM BEING RESPONSIVE TO TWO STREAMS OF OPERAND BYTES, P AND Q, AND GENERATING FOR EACH PAIR OF BYTES, ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SIGNALS, EACH SIGNAL INDICATING THE OCCURRENCE OF A CORRESPONDING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE OPERAND BYTES THEN BEING PROCESSED, SAID INFERENCE UNIT COMPRISING; (A) A PLURALITY OF PROGRAM DEVICES SETTABLE IN COMBINATIONS TO DETERMINED THE RESPONSES OF SAID INFERENCE UNIT TO SAID SIGNALS, (B) A PLURALITY OF STATUS TRIGGER INCLUDING A COUNTER AND OTHER TRIGGERS VARIOUSLY SET BY SAID INPUT SIGNALS TO CORRESPOND TO THE LATEST SIGNAL AND TO THE CONDITION OF PRIOR SIGNALS, (C) A PLURALITY OF IMPLICATION UNITS CONTROLLED BY SAID LATEST SIGNAL STATUS TRIGGERS AND SAID SETTABLE PROGRAM DEVICES TO INDICATE WHICH SIGNAL OF SAID PLURALITY OF SIGNALS IS TO BE COUNTED IF IT IS THE NEXT GENERATED SIGNAL, AND (D) INFERENCE MEANS RECEIVING SAID SIGNALS AND CONDITIONED BY SAID IMPLICATION UNITS TO PASS THE INDICATED ONE OF SAID NEXT GENERATED SIGNALS TO OPERATE SAIDS COUNTER OF SAID STATUS TRIGGERS.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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