Information handling apparatus for distributing data in a storage apparatus

Claim 1

IN A DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A MAIN MEMORY, SAID MEMORY BEING ADAPTED TO STORE DATA WORDS AT SEPARATELY ADDRESSABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS, A MAIN MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR FOR SELECTING THE ADDRESS FOR EACH DATA WORD IN SAID MAIN MEMORY, A CONTROL MEMORY HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADDRESSABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS, SAID CONTROL MEMORY BEING ADAPTED TO STORE CONTROL DATA FOR SAID MAIN MEMORY, A CONTROL MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR, A DATA TRANSFER CIRCUIT, INDICATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LAST-NAMED CIRCUIT TO INDICATE SAID TRANSFER CIRCUIT IS CONDITIONED TO TRANSFER A DATA WORD, MEANS INCLUDING SAID INDICATING MEANS SETTING A FIRST ADDRESS IN SAID CONTROL MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR, CONTROL MEMORY ACTIVATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL MEMORY TO READ CONTROL DATA THEREFROM INTO SAID MAIN MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR, MEANS INCLUDING SAID MAIN MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR EFFECTING A TRANSFER OF DATA BETWEEN SAID TRANSFER CIRCUIT AND SAID MAIN MEMORY, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL MEMORY TO MODIFY THE CONTROL DATA READ INTO SAID MAIN MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR, SELECTIVE DATA SENSING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DATA TRANSFER CIRCUIT, MEANS CONNECTING SAID DATA SENSING MEANS TO SAID CONTROL MEMORY ADDRESS SELECTOR TO SET A SECOND ADDRESS THEREIN, AND MEANS INCLUDING SAID DATA SENSING MEANS EFFECTING A CHANGE OF THE DATA IN SAID CONTROL MEMORY AT SAID FIRST ADDRESS.