Format varying computer system

• US 6,628,293 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2001
• Issued: 09/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mary Susan Huhn Eustis
• Original Assignee: Mary Susan Huhn Eustis
• Inventors: Eustis, Mary Susan Huhn
• Primary Examiner(s): Chauhan, Ulka J.
• Application Number:
  US09/791,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20020118205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 345/501, 345/502, 345/503, 345/504, 345/505, 345/536, 345/545, 345/559, 345/565, 709/100, 709/102, 709/104, 709/106, 709/107, 709/312, 711/220
• US Class Current: 345/565
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/321 Program or instruction counter, e.g. incrementing

Abstract

A format varying computing system including a computer linked to a display and input device, the computer including memory devices linked to a processing unit and a set of counters residing in the processing unit and linked to the memory devices, the set of counters defining a symbol residing in the memory devices.

Claims

1. A format varying computing system comprising:

a computer linked to a display and input device, the computer comprising;

memory devices linked to a processing unit; and

a set of counters residing in the processing unit and linked to the memory devices,

the set of counters defining a symbol,

wherein the set of counters comprise;

a format varying counter;

a data pointer counter; and

a process counter.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the symbol represents a location in one of the memory devices.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the memory device is a diskette drive.

4. The system of claim 2 wherein the memory device is a hard drive.

5. The system of claim 2 wherein the memory device is a CD-ROM drive.

6. The system of claim 2 wherein the memory device is a random access memory (RAM).

7. The system of claim 2 wherein the memory device is a read-only memory.

8. A format varying computer comprising:

a display and input device linked to a processing unit; and

a set of counters residing in the processing unit and linked to a plurality of memory devices,

wherein the set of counters comprise;

a plurality of format varying counters;

a plurality of data pointer counters; and

a plurality of process counters.

9. The computer of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of memory locations, each one of the memory locations represented by a symbol.

10. The computer of claim 9 wherein each symbol is represented by one of the format varying counters, one of the data pointer counters, and one of the process counters.

11. The computer of claim 9 the set of counters represent multiple simultaneous processes occurring simultaneously in the processing unit.