Information storage system

Claim 1

IN A STOCK INFORMATION SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR STORING AND UPDATING A PLURALITY OF CATEGORIES OF STOCK INFORMATION WHICH COMPRISES (A) MEANS FOR RECEIVING A MESSAGE HAVING A CODED MULTI-CHARACTER STOCK IDENTIFICATION SECTION, A SEPARATE CODED INFORMATION SECTION CONCERNING THE IDENTIFIED STOCK, AND A SEPARATE CODED CATEGORY IDENTIFICATION SECTION IDENTIFYING THE CATETORY OF INFORMATION IN SAID INFORMATION SECTION, (B) A CYCLE MEMORY HAVING A CYCLE STOCK IDENTIFICATION SECTION FOR CODED MULTI-CHARACTER IDENTIFICATIONS OF STOCKS AND A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CYCLIC SECTIONS FOR A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF STOCK INFORMATION, SAID DIFFERENT CATEGORIES FOR A RESPECTIVE STOCK OCCURING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE RESPECTIVE CYCLIC SECTIONS, (C) STORAGE MEANS HAVING STOCK IDENTIFICATION AND STOCK INFORMATION SECTIONS, (D) MEANS FOR SUPPLYING TO RESPECTIVE SECTIONS OF SAID STORAGE MEANS THE MULTI-CHARACTER STOCK IDENTIFICATION AND STOCK INFORMATION IN RESPECTIVE SECTIONS OF SAID MESSAGE, (C) COINCIDENCE MEANS FOR DETERMINING COINCIDENCE OF THE MULTI-CHARACTER STOCK IDENTIFICATIONS IN SAID STORAGE MEANS AND IN SAID CYCLE MEMORY, (F) TRANSFER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID COINCIDENCE FOR TRANSFERRING STOCK INFORMATION IN SAID STORAGE MEANS TO SAID CYCLIC MEMORY, (G) AND CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE CATEGORY IDENTIFICATION IN SAID MESSAGE FOR DIRECTING THE TRANSFERRED STOCK INFORMATION TO THE CORRESPONDING CATEGORY SECTION OF SAID CYCLIC MEMORY.