US3242466A
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Method and apparatus for sorting of recorded digital data
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-02-02
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Granted: 1966-03-22
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Expires: 1980-02-02
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Dirks Gerhard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 16:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F7/00; G06F7/22; G06F7/24; G06F7/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
313 words
AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SORTING OF A PLURALITY OF DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDER IN RANDOM SEQUENCE ON INPUT RECORD MEANS, EACH OF SAID DATA-WORD-GROUPS HAVING A SORTING-WORD WHICH IS COORDINATED THEREWITH, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, N RECORD MEANS WHERE N IS A NUMBER AT LEAST 2; FIRST TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE DATA-WORDGROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS TO SAID N RECORD MEANS IN A MANNER WHEREBY THE 1ST, (N+1)TH, (2N+1)TH, (3N+1)TH, ETC. DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS ARE TRANSFERRED TO A FIRST OF SAID N RECORD MEANS, THE 2ND, (N+2)TH, (2N+2)TH, (3N+2)TH, ETC, DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS ARE TRANSFERRED TO A SECOND OF SAID N RECORD MEANS AND THE NTH, (2N)TH, (3N)TH, (4N)TH, ETC. DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE NTH, OF SAID N RECORD MEANS; COMPARING MEANS FOR COMPARING IN A NUMBER OF STEPS THE SORTING-WORDS COORDINATED WITH SAID DATA-WORD-GROUPS TO PRODUCE A COMPARISON RESULT INDICATING THE SMALLEST VALUE OF SAID SORTING-WORDS; SECOND TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE DATA-WORDGROUPS MEANS IN A DETERMINED ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF SAID RECORD MEANS IN A DETERMINED ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF SAID SELECTED SORTING-WORDS FOR A GROUP-LENGTH CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF DATA-WORD-GROUP RECORDER ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS, SAID GROUP-LENGTH HAVING NA DATA-WORDGROUPS THEREIN, WHERE N IS THE NUMBER OF SAID N RECORD MEANS AND A IS THE NUMBER OF THE COMPARING STEP; MOVING MEANS FOR ADVANCING ONE OF SAID N RECORD MEANS DATAWORD-GROUP BY DATA-WORD GROUP RECORDER THEREON DURING EACH COMPARING STEP UNTIL THE GROUP-LENGTH ON SAID ONE OF SAID RECORD MEANS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED THEREFROM; AND CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLING SAID MOVING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF TRANSFERS OF DATA-WORD-GROUPS OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS DETERMINED BY SAID COMPARING OF SAID SORTING-WORDS, ATHE GROUP-LENGTH OF SAID DATA-WORD-GROUPS AT EACH OF SAID TRANSFERS BEING INCREASED AT EACH OF SAID COMPARING STEPS TO NA DATA-WORDGROUPS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
313 words
AN ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SORTING OF A PLURALITY OF DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDER IN RANDOM SEQUENCE ON INPUT RECORD MEANS, EACH OF SAID DATA-WORD-GROUPS HAVING A SORTING-WORD WHICH IS COORDINATED THEREWITH, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, N RECORD MEANS WHERE N IS A NUMBER AT LEAST 2; FIRST TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE DATA-WORDGROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS TO SAID N RECORD MEANS IN A MANNER WHEREBY THE 1ST, (N+1)TH, (2N+1)TH, (3N+1)TH, ETC. DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS ARE TRANSFERRED TO A FIRST OF SAID N RECORD MEANS, THE 2ND, (N+2)TH, (2N+2)TH, (3N+2)TH, ETC, DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS ARE TRANSFERRED TO A SECOND OF SAID N RECORD MEANS AND THE NTH, (2N)TH, (3N)TH, (4N)TH, ETC. DATA-WORD-GROUPS RECORDED ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE NTH, OF SAID N RECORD MEANS; COMPARING MEANS FOR COMPARING IN A NUMBER OF STEPS THE SORTING-WORDS COORDINATED WITH SAID DATA-WORD-GROUPS TO PRODUCE A COMPARISON RESULT INDICATING THE SMALLEST VALUE OF SAID SORTING-WORDS; SECOND TRANSFER MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE DATA-WORDGROUPS MEANS IN A DETERMINED ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF SAID RECORD MEANS IN A DETERMINED ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF SAID SELECTED SORTING-WORDS FOR A GROUP-LENGTH CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF DATA-WORD-GROUP RECORDER ON SAID INPUT RECORD MEANS, SAID GROUP-LENGTH HAVING NA DATA-WORDGROUPS THEREIN, WHERE N IS THE NUMBER OF SAID N RECORD MEANS AND A IS THE NUMBER OF THE COMPARING STEP; MOVING MEANS FOR ADVANCING ONE OF SAID N RECORD MEANS DATAWORD-GROUP BY DATA-WORD GROUP RECORDER THEREON DURING EACH COMPARING STEP UNTIL THE GROUP-LENGTH ON SAID ONE OF SAID RECORD MEANS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED THEREFROM; AND CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLING SAID MOVING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF TRANSFERS OF DATA-WORD-GROUPS OF SAID TRANSFER MEANS DETERMINED BY SAID COMPARING OF SAID SORTING-WORDS, ATHE GROUP-LENGTH OF SAID DATA-WORD-GROUPS AT EACH OF SAID TRANSFERS BEING INCREASED AT EACH OF SAID COMPARING STEPS TO NA DATA-WORDGROUPS.
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