Stock information storage and request system

Claim 1

A STOCK INFORMATION SYSTEM WHICH COMPRISES (A) A CYCLIC MEMORY HAVING A CYCLIC STOCK IDENTIFICATION SECTION ALLOCATED TO CODED MULTI-CHARACTER IDENTIFICATIONS OF STOCKS AND A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CYCLIC SECTIONS ALLOCATED TO A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF STOCK INFORMATION, (B) ALLOCATIONS FOR SAID CODED MULTI-CHARACTER IDENTIFICATIONS OF DIFFERENT STOCKS OCCURRING SUCCESSIVELY IN RESPECTIVE CELLS OF SAID CYCLIC STOCK IDENTIFICATION SECTION WITH EACH CELL INCLUDING A PREDETERMINED PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVE BIT INTERVALS, (C) ALLOCATIONS FOR SAID DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION OF A RESPECTIVE STOCK OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CELLS OF THE RESPECTIVE CYCLIC SECTIONS WHICH BEGIN A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF BIT INTERVALS AFTER THE RESPECTIVE IDENTIFICATION CELL AND INCLUDE A PREDETERMINED PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVE BIT INTERVALS, (D) A PLURALITY OF REQUEST UNITS EACH INCLUDING MEANS FOR PRODUCING REQUESTS HAVING A SAID CODED MULTICHARACTER STOCK IDENTIFICATION AND A CATEGORY SECTION SIGNAL AND MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND DISPLAYING REPLIES THERETO, (E) COINCIDENCE MEANS SUPPLIED WITH CODED MULTICHARACTER STOCK IDENTIFICATION SIGNALS FROM A REQUEST UNIT AND FROM SAID CYCLIC MEMORY TO DETERMINE COINCIDENCE THEREBETWEEN, (F) READOUT CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID COINCIDENCE FOR DEVELOPING A READOUT SIGNAL DURING A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL FOLLOWING COINCIDENCE CORRESPONDING TO THE CELL INTERVAL ALLOCATED TO THE CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION ON THE RESPECTIVE STOCK IN SAID CYCLIC MEMORY, (G) AND REPLY MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID READOUT SIGNAL AND TO THE CATEGORY SECTION SIGNAL IN A REQUEST FOR SUPPLYING THE CORRESPONDING CATEGORY OF INFORMATION IN SAID CYCLIC MEMORY TO THE REQUESTING UNIT FOR DISPLAY THEREAT.