Electronic digital computer with automatic interrupt control

Claim 1

A PROCESSOR INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF REGISTERS AND CONTROL COUNTERS FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL DATA IN RESPONSE TO A STORED PROGRAM AND HAVING A NORMAL MODE FOR EXECUTING A STORED EXECUTIVE PROGRAM AND A CONTROL MODE FOR EXECTING ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF STORED INTERRUPT FIXUP PROGRAMS, COMPRISING AN ADDRESSABLE MEMORY FOR STORING THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM AND THE INTERRUPT FIX-UP PROGRAMS IN CODED FORM, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROCESSOR FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT INTERRUPT SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED OPERATING CONDITIONS, TEMPORARY STORAGE MEANS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AN INTERRUPT SIGNAL FOR TRANSFERRING THE CONTENTS OF THE REGISTERS AND COUNTERS IN THE PROCESSOR TO THE TEMPORARY STORAGE, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PARTICULAR INTERRUPT SIGNAL FOR SELECTING AND INITIATING EXECUTION OF A PARTICULAR FIX-UP ROUTINE.