Memory control system responsive to determination, allocating adjacent test space for editing space, relocating adjacent text and editing selected text

Claim 2

A memory control unit for controlling a memory containing texts to be edited comprising: first memory means for storing a plurality of texts having respective information; second memory means for storing the amount of the information for each text; read means for reading the amount of the information of one text adjacent to one of the plurality of texts to be edited from said second memory means; determining means for determining, in response to the amount of the information read by said read means, whether or not the adjacent text adjacent to the one text to be edited is capable of being moved to another area of said first memory means; and control means connected to said first memory means, in response to the determining by said determining means, for moving the adjacent text to said another area such that an area in which the adjacent text was originally stored can be used as an editing area for the one text to be edited.

Claim 3

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said first and second memory means constitute one memory.

Claim 4

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said second memory means includes an area for storing titles of the plurality of texts.

Claim 5

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said control means includes a microprocessor.

Claim 6

A memory control unit according to claim 1, further comprising third memory means for storing the amount of the information read by said read means.

Claim 7

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said first memory means comprises a random access memory.

Claim 8

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said second memory means comprises a random access memory.

Claim 9

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said determining means comprises a micro-processor unit.

Claim 10

A memory control unit according to claim 1, wherein said control means comprises a micro-processor unit.

Claim 11

A memory control unit according to claim 1, further comprising keyboard means for inputting index information for each text.

Claim 12

A memory control unit according to claim 10, further comprising means for activating said determining means in response to the index information input by said keyboard means.

Claim 13

A memory control unit according to claim 10, further comprising means for activating said determining means in response to the index information input by said keyboard means and then activating said control means.

Claim 14

A information storage apparatus comprising: memory means having a plurality of storage positions for storing a plurality of character trains, the storage positions being assigned associated sequential addresses; a directory section for storing for each character train stored in said memory means, headline information, storage position information indicating the location of the character train in said memory means, and character number information indicating the number of characters in the character train; determining means for determining, when a desired one of the character trains in said memory means is to be updated, the location of an unused storage area with respect to the position of the desired character train on the basis of the storage position information and the character number information; and control means for controlling an unused storage area to be set subsequently to the position of the desired character train by moving in sequence some character trains adjacent to the desired character train to an unused storage area or by moving the desired character train, in response to a determination by said determination means, the storage position information, and the character number information.

Claim 15

A information storage apparatus comprising: memory means having a plurality of storage positions for storing a plurality of character trains, the storage positions being assigned associated sequential addresses; a directory section for storing for each character train stored in said memory means, headline information, storage position information indicating the location of the character train in said memory means, and character number information indicating the number of characters in the character train; determining means for determining, when a desired one of the character trains in said memory means is to be updated, the location of an unused storage area with respect to the position of the desired character train on the basis of the storage position information and the character number information; and control means for controlling an unused storage area to be set subsequently to the position of the desired character train by moving in sequence some character trains adjacent to the desired character train to an unused storage area or by moving the desired character train, in response to a determination by said determination means, the storage position information, and the character number information.

Claim 16

A memory control unit comprising: memory means for storing a plurality of character trains, said memory means having a plurality of storage areas, wherein a prescribed sequence of addresses are assigned to respective storage areas; directory means, for storing an index for each character train stored in said memory means and for storing, for each index, area information indicating in which one of the storage areas its associated character train is stored and character number information indicating the number of characters included int he associated character train; determining means for determining, when a desired one of the plurality of character trains stored in said memory means is to be updated, the position of an unused storage area in said memory means with respect to an area in which the desired character train is stored, in response to the area information and the character number information stored in said directory means; and control means for controlling said unit such that the current storage area for the desired character train and its subsequent storage area are assigned as a new storage area for the desired character train by sequentially moving some character trains subsequent to the desired character train in said memory means to the unused storage area in response to the determination by said determining means and the area information and the character number information.

Claim 17

A memory control unit comprising: memory means for storing a plurality of character trains, said memory means having a plurality of storage areas, wherein a prescribed sequence of addresses are assigned to respective storage areas; directory means, for storing an index for each character train stored in said memory means and for storing, for each index, area information indicating in which one of the storage areas its associated character train is stored and character number information indicating the number of characters included int he associated character train; determining means for determining, when a desired one of the plurality of character trains stored in said memory means is to be updated, the position of an unused storage area in said memory means with respect to an area in which the desired character train is stored, in response to the area information and the character number information stored in said directory means; and control means for controlling said unit such that the current storage area for the desired character train and its subsequent storage area are assigned as a new storage area for the desired character train by sequentially moving some character trains subsequent to the desired character train in said memory means to the unused storage area in response to the determination by said determining means and the area information and the character number information.

Claim 18

A memory control unit according to claim 14, wherein said memory means comprises a random access memory.

Claim 19

A memory control unit according to claim 14, wherein said directory means comprises a random access memory.

Claim 20

A memory control unit according to claim 14, wherein said determining means comprises a micro-processor unit.

Claim 21

A memory control unit according to claim 14, wherein said control means comprises a micro-processor unit.

Claim 22

A memory control unit according to claim 14, further comprising a keyboard means for inputting the index.

Claim 23

A memory control unit according to claim 19, further comprising means for activating said determining means in response to the index input by said keyboard means.

Claim 24

A memory control unit according to claim 19, further comprising means for activating said determining means in response to the index input by said keyboard means and then activating said control means.

Claim 25

A memory of enlarging an editing and storing area of a desired character train in an information processing system having memory means, for storing a plurality of character trains, having a plurality of storage areas to which a prescribed sequence of addresses are respectively assigned, and directory means for storing an index for each character train stored in the memory means and for storing, for each index, area information indicating in which one of the storage areas its associated character train is stored and character number information indicating the number of characters included in the associated character train, said method comprising the steps of: determining, when a desired one of the plurality of character trains stored in the memory means is to be updated, the position of an unused storage area in the memory means with respect to an area in which the desired character train is stored, in response to the area information and the character number information stored in the directory means; and assigning the current storage area of the desired character train and its subsequent storage area as a new storage area for the desired character train by sequentially moving some character trains subsequent to the desired character train in the memory means to the unused storage area in response to the determining in the determining step and the area information and the character number information.

Claim 26

A memory of enlarging an editing and storing area of a desired character train in an information processing system having memory means, for storing a plurality of character trains, having a plurality of storage areas to which a prescribed sequence of addresses are respectively assigned, and directory means for storing an index for each character train stored in the memory means and for storing, for each index, area information indicating in which one of the storage areas its associated character train is stored and character number information indicating the number of characters included in the associated character train, said method comprising the steps of: determining, when a desired one of the plurality of character trains stored in the memory means is to be updated, the position of an unused storage area in the memory means with respect to an area in which the desired character train is stored, in response to the area information and the character number information stored in the directory means; and assigning the current storage area of the desired character train and its subsequent storage area as a new storage area for the desired character train by sequentially moving some character trains subsequent to the desired character train in the memory means to the unused storage area in response to the determining in the determining step and the area information and the character number information.

Claim 27

A memory according claim 22, further comprising the steps of inputting the index into the information processing system with keyboard means and enabling the performing of the determining step in response to the index input by the keyboard means.

Claim 28

A memory according to claim 23, further comprising the step of enabling the performing of the assigning step after the enabling of the performing of the determining step in response to the index input by a keyboard means.