Digital computer with automatic repeating of program segments

Claim 1

IN A DIGITAL COMPUTER IN WHICH A STORED PROGRAM OF GROUPS OF DIGITS ARE SENSED A GROUP AT A TIME IN SEQUENCE FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE COMPUTER, APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SENSING OF A FIRST PARTICULAR GROUP OF DIGITS IN THE PROGRAM SEQUENCE FOR STORING INFORMATION IDENTIFYING THE NEXT GROUP OF DIGITS IN THE PROGRAM SEQUENCE, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE SENSING OF A SECOND PARTICULAR GROUP OF DIGITS IN THE PROGRAM SEQUENCE FOR AUTOMATICALLY REPEATING THE PREVIOUSLY SENSED GROUPS IN THE SAME SEQUENCE STARTING WITH THE GROUP OF DIGITS IDENTIFIED BY SAID INFORMATION STORED BY SAID MEANS SENSING SAID FIRST PARTICULAR GROUP OF DIGITS, MEANS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE SEQUENCE IS REPEATED, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE COUNTING MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING THE AUTOMATIC REPEAT OPERATION WHEN THE COUNTING MEANS REACHES A COUNT CORRESPONDING TO A VALUE SPECIFIED BY A PORTION OF THE SECOND PARTICULAR GROUP OF DIGITS.