That's not the case. Think of your quotation as a claim, that describes the set of all possible inventions that meet that claim. Within that set are all kinds

That's not the case. Think of your quotation as a claim, that describes the set of all possible inventions that meet that claim. Within that set are all kinds of mappings, between different kinds of logical data and kinds of physical data, in different situations, and using different methods for doing so. Subsequent claims restrict that set, until (the inventor hopes) you get one that is novel and inventive etc enough. Perhaps you're thinking of the term "dependent claims", which describes claims 2-9 in your example. They're not dependent in that way.