Method of editing an erroneous section of a message

Claim 2

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an (error in a) erroneous section (of) in said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character of said erroneous section, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into (in) said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said section to indicate desired deletion of said erroneous section; machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said erroneous section in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 3

Method of editing according to claim 1 in which said message is recOrded on a record during the typing of said record.

Claim 4

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an error in a MET section of said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character of said erroneous section, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding a particular kind of MET section in said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said particular kind of MET section to indicate desired deletion of said MET section machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said MET section in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 5

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an error in a MET section of said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character of said erroneous section, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding a particular kind of MET section in said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said particular kind of MET section to indicate desired deletion of said MET section machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said MET section in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 6

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an error in a word of said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character said erroneous word, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said word to indicate desired deletion of said word; machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said word in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 7

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an error in a word of said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character said erroneous word, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said word to indicate desired deletion of said word; machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said word in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 8

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an error in a section of said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character of said erroneous section, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said section to indicate desired deletion of said section; machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine printing on a hardcopy record in the location immediately subsequent to said erroneous section, said editing symbol in a man readable form indicative of the desired deletion of said erroneous section in response to the generation of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said section in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 9

In intelligence handling in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, the method of editing an error in a section of said message, commencing when the keyboarding point is at an arbitrarily selectable message element location after the keyboarding of the first character of said erroneous section, but prior to keyboarding the first character of the next section, the error being detected while keyboarding said message, comprising the steps of manually keyboarding an editing symbol on-line into said message at said arbitrarily selectable message element location, immediately subsequent to said section to indicate desired deletion of said section; machine storing in said message a signal representative of said editing symbol immediately subsequent to said manual keyboarding of said editing symbol; machine printing on a hardcopy record in the location immediately subsequent to said erroneous section, said editing symbol in a man readable form indicative of the desired deletion of said erroneous section in response to the generation of said editing symbol; machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol in said message; and machine deleting said section in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 10

In an intelligence handling system in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, said system having a keyboard containing keys which may be manually actuated for keyboarding symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, and a means of storing information coupled to said keyboard for storing a coded pattern from a font of patterns to represent each of said symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, machine said keyboard including a delete key whose actuation causes the generation of an editing symbOl which indicates the desired deletion of the immediately preceding message elements of the current character sequence section (of information) stored in said means of storing information, the method of editing an erroneous character sequence section in said message, the (erroneous) section being detected as erroneous prior to completion of keyboarding of said sequence (immediately following) section, and comprising the steps of: manually keyboarding said editing symbol on-line into said message by actuating said delete key immediately subsequent to the keyboarding of said message elements; (erroneous section;) simultaneously generating a coded pattern from said font of patterns to represent said editing symbol indicative of desired deletion of said message elements (erroneous section) in response to said actuating of said delete key; machine storing said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol in said message in said means for storing in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol, and immediately subsequent to the actuation of said delete key; manually keyboarding the correct primary intelligence to replace said (erroneous section;) message elements; machine detecting and interpreting said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol; and machine providing a message element train representative of said intelligence of said message as modified in response to said editing symbol and in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 11

In an intelligence handling system in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, said system having a keyboard containing keys which may be manually actuated for keyboarding symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, and a means of storing information coupled to said keyboard for storing a coded pattern from a font of patterns to represent each of said symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, machine said keyboard including a delete key whose actuation causes the generation of an editing symbOl which indicates the desired deletion of the immediately preceding message elements of the current character sequence section (of information) stored in said means of storing information, the method of editing an erroneous character sequence section in said message, the (erroneous) section being detected as erroneous prior to completion of keyboarding of said sequence (immediately following) section, and comprising the steps of: manually keyboarding said editing symbol on-line into said message by actuating said delete key immediately subsequent to the keyboarding of said message elements; (erroneous section;) simultaneously generating a coded pattern from said font of patterns to represent said editing symbol indicative of desired deletion of said message elements (erroneous section) in response to said actuating of said delete key; machine storing said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol in said message in said means for storing in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol, and immediately subsequent to the actuation of said delete key; manually keyboarding the correct primary intelligence to replace said (erroneous section;) message elements; machine detecting and interpreting said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol; and machine providing a message element train representative of said intelligence of said message as modified in response to said editing symbol and in accordance with the interpretation of said editing symbol.

Claim 12

The method of editing in a message according to claim 6 in which said means of storing information includes message element locations in which coded patterns representative of said symbols are consecutively stored, and in which said step of machine storing of the coded pattern of said editing symbol is performed by storing said coded pattern in the immediately following message element location in said means of storing information.

Claim 13

In an intelligence handling system in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, said system having a keyboard containing keys which may be manually actuated for keyboarding symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, and a means of storing information coupled to said keyboard for storing a coded pattern from a font of patterns to represent each of said symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, said means of storing information includes message element locations in which coded patterns representative of said symbols are consecutively stored, said keyboard including a delete key whose actuation causes the generation of an editing symbol which indicates the desired deletion of the immediately preceding character stored in said means of storing information, the method of editing an erroneous character in said message, the erroneous character being detected prior to key-boarding the immediately following character, and comprising the steps of: manually keyboarding said symbol on-line by actuating said delete key immediately subsequent to the keyboarding of said erroneous character; simultaneously generating a coded pattern from said font of patterns to represent said editing symbol indicative of desired deletion of the immediately preceding character in response to said actuating of said delete key; machine storing said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol in said means for storing in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol and immediately subsequent to the actuation of said delete key, said step of machine storing of the coded pattern of said editing symbol is performed by storing said coded pattern in the immediately following message element location in said means of storing information ; manually keyboarding the correct character to replace said erroneous character; machine detecting and interpreting said coded pattern represeNtative of said editing symbol; and machine providing a message element train representative of said intelligence of said message as modified in response to said editing symbol and in accordance with the interpreation of said editing symbol.

Claim 14

In an intelligence handling system in which primary intelligence is manually keyboarded as a message, said system having a keyboard containing keys which may be manually actuated for keyboarding symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, and a means of storing information coupled to said keyboard for storing a coded pattern from a font of patterns to represent each of said symbols indicating primary intelligence and desired editing modifications, said means of storing information includes message element locations in which coded patterns representative of said symbols are consecutively stored, said keyboard including a delete key whose actuation causes the generation of an editing symbol which indicates the desired deletion of the immediately preceding character stored in said means of storing information, the method of editing an erroneous character in said message, the erroneous character being detected prior to key-boarding the immediately following character, and comprising the steps of: manually keyboarding said symbol on-line by actuating said delete key immediately subsequent to the keyboarding of said erroneous character; simultaneously generating a coded pattern from said font of patterns to represent said editing symbol indicative of desired deletion of the immediately preceding character in response to said actuating of said delete key; machine storing said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol in said means for storing in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol and immediately subsequent to the actuation of said delete key, said step of machine storing of the coded pattern of said editing symbol is performed by storing said coded pattern in the immediately following message element location in said means of storing information ; manually keyboarding the correct character to replace said erroneous character; machine detecting and interpreting said coded pattern represeNtative of said editing symbol; and machine providing a message element train representative of said intelligence of said message as modified in response to said editing symbol and in accordance with the interpreation of said editing symbol.

Claim 15

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 8 in which said step of machine storing of the coded pattern of said editing symbol is performed by recording said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol on a record in the immediately following message element location in said record in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol.

Claim 16

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 8 in which said step of machine storing is performed by machine punching on a paper tape said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol in the immediately following message element location on said paper tape in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol.

Claim 17

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 8 in which said step of machine storing includes machine printing on a hardcopy record in the location immediately subsequent to said erroneous section, a man readable editing symbol indicative of the desired deletion of said erroneous character in response to the generation of said editing symbol; and in which said method also includes the step of machine printing on said hardcopy in the location immediately subsequent to said editing symbol, the correct primary intelligence symbol in response to the keyboarding of said correct character symbol.

Claim 18

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 8 in which said step of machine storing includes machine printing on a man-machine readable hardcopy record in the location immediately subsequent to said erroneous character, a man-machine readable editing symbol indicative of the desired deletion of said erroneous character in response to the generation of said editing symbols; and in which said method also includes the step of machine printing on said man-machine readable record in the location immediately subsequent to said editing symbol, the correct primary intelligence man-machine readable symbol in response to the keyboarding of said correct character symbol.

Claim 19

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 11 in which said method also includes the additional steps of generating a machine readable editing symbol on a machine readable record indicative of the desired deletion of said erroneous character in response to the generation of said editing symbol; and generating a machine readable primary intelligence symbol on said machine readable record indicative of the correct primary intelligence symbol in response to the keyboarding of said correct symbol.

Claim 20

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 8 in which said step of machine storing is performed by storing said coded pattern representative of said editing symbol in a message element store in the immediately following message element location in response to the generation of said coded pattern of said editing symbol.

Claim 21

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 14 in which said method also includes the additional step of machine printing on a hardcopy record in the location immediately subsequent to said erroneous section, a man readable editing symbol indicative of the desired deletion of said erroneous character in response to the generation of said editing symbol.

Claim 22

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 15 in which said step of machine detecting and interpreting said editing symbol is performed immediately subsequent to said generating of the editing symbol; in which said step of machine detecting is immediately fOllowed by the step of deleting said erroneous character and said editing symbol from said message element store; in which said step of manual keyboarding of the correct primary intelligence comprises keyboarding the correct character; and which immediately following said step of manual keyboarding of the correct character includes the step of machine storing a coded pattern representative of said correct character in the memory element location in which said erroneous character was previously stored.

Claim 23

The method of editing an erroneous character in a message according to claim 14 in which said step of providing a message element train includes the additional step of displaying a message element train on a display.