Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1801 , Joseph Marie Jacquard made an improvement to the textile loom by introducing a series of punched paper cards as a template which allowed his loom to weave intricate patterns automatically .
Simplified: In 1801 , Joseph Marie Jacquard used punched paper cards to tell his textile loom what kind of pattern to weave .