Data editing system

Claim 1

AN EDITING SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND REPRODUCING ONLY PRESELECTED WANTED ITEMS OF DATA FROM A GENERAL TRANSMISSION, IN CODE FORM, INCLUDING A VARIETY OF UNWANTED DATA ITEMS, EACH DATA ITEM INCLUDING BETWEEN ONE AND N IDENTIFYING ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS, AND AT LEAST ONE NUMERIC CHARACTER FOLLOWING THE IDENTIFYING CHARACTERS, COMPRISING: A REGISTER COMPRISING AT LEAST N STAGES EACH ADAPTED TO RECORD ONE DATA CHARACTER; RECEIVING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID GENERAL TRANSMISSION AND RECORDING EACH CHARACTER, IN SUCCESSION, IN THE REGISTER; CYCLICALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE CHARACTERS THROUGH THE REGISTER FROM AN INITIAL STAGE TO A FINAL STAGE; PROGRAMMING MEANS, CONNECTED TO THE REGISTER, FOR RECORDING PROGRAM DATA IDENTIFYING ALL WANTED DATA ITEMS AND FOR COMPARING SAID PROGRAM DATA WITH THE DATA RECORDED IN SAID REGISTER EACH TIME A NEW CHARACTER IS RECORDED IN THE REGISTER; REPRODUCING MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID REGISTER; AND READ OUT CONTROL MEANS, CONNECTED TO SAID PROGRAMMING MEANS AND TO SAID REPRODUCING MEANS, FOR INITIATING CYCLIC TRANSMISSION OF RECORDED DATA FROM THE FINAL STAGE OF SAID REGISTER TO SAID REPRODUCING MEANS WHEN THE IDENTIFYING DATA RECORDED IN THE REGISTER CORRESPONDS TO A WANTED DATA ITEM IDENTIFICATION PRECEDED BY A CHARACTER IDENTIFYING THE START OF A DATA ITEM.