Data processing apparatus including means for processing word and character formatted data

Claim 1

A DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING: A MEMORY COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF DIGITAL STORAGE ELEMENTS ARRANGED TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF WORD LOCATIONS, EACH WORK LOCATION INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CHARACTER LOCATIONS; A SOURCE OF TIMING PULSES; A MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER INCLUDING A WORD LOCATION ADDRESS PORTION FOR STORING INFORMATION IDENTIFYING ONE OF SAID WORD LOCATIONS AND A CHARACTER LOCATION ADDRESS PORTION FOR STORING INFORMATION IDENTIFYING A CHARACTER LOCATION IN SAID IDENTIFIED WORD LOCATION; MEANS FOR INCREMENTING SAID INFORMATION STORED IN SAID CHARACTER LOCATION ADDRESS PORTION IN RESPONSE TO SAID TIMING PULSES; MEANS FOR INCREMENTING SAID INFORMATION STORED IN SAID WORD LOCATION ADDRESS PORTION IN RESPONSE TO SAID INFORMATION STORED IN SAID CHARACTER LOCATION ADDRESS PORTION; A STORAGE REGISTER; MEANS FOR STORING INFORMATION IN SAID STORAGE REGISTER; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INFORMATION STORED IN SAID MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER FOR SELECTIVELY CAUSING EITHER THE INFORMATION STORED IN SAID IDENTIFIED CHARACTER LOCATION TO BE ENTERED INTO SAID STORAGE REGISTER OR THE INFORMATION STORED IN SAID STORAGE REGISTER TO BE ENTERED INTO SAID IDENTIFIED CHARACTER LOCATION.