METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING COMPUTER CODE USING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERFACE

Title:

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING COMPUTER CODE USING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERFACE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO2000026767

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for providing computer code updates through an integrated circuit card (smart card) interface. The smart card interface within a computer control device determines whether the card that is inserted into the smart card interface is either a memory card or a conventional smart card. Once the smart card interface has detected that the memory card has been inserted, the interface requests data from the card. The interface provides the computer code to the memory of the computer controlled device to update the computer code therein.

Inventors:

DINWIDDIE AARON HAL (US)
NORTRUP KEVIN EUGENE (US)
LIU DEREK (US)
VAYL YEFIM (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US1999/025253

Publication Date:

December 13, 2001

Filing Date:

November 03, 1999

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Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING SA (FR)
DINWIDDIE AARON HAL (US)
NORTRUP KEVIN EUGENE (US)
LIU DEREK (US)
VAYL YEFIM (US)

International Classes:

G06F9/445; G06F11/00; G06K7/00; G06K17/00; H04N7/16; (IPC1-7): G06F9/445; G06K7/00; H04N7/16

Foreign References:

DE29613548U1	1996-09-19
US5537292A	1996-07-16

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