Lucent Technologies Inc.

Jane Mary Leonard

Harvey Rubin

Mark H Kraml

Laurel Ann Salvador

Carl Joseph Spies

The system and method of the invention enable any channel of a multi-channel communication link to be used for transmission of a control signal to a system component by a system controller. The system component, connected to the system controller by the multi-channel communication link, automatically locates the one or more signaling channels carrying the control signal(s) and then establishes communication with the system controller in accordance with the control signal(s). If no signaling channels are located after a predetermined number of attempts or after a predetermined period of time, the system component may, if particular conditions are met, reset itself before continuing to search for the signaling channel(s).

System and method for automatic signaling channel identification

A technique for updating the software in a remote computer (e.g., a base station, a spacecraft in space, an electronic postage meter in an office, a medical monitoring device in a patient's home, etc.) from a central control (e.g., a wireless switching center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Houston Control, a postage meter facility, a medical equipment manufacturer's factory, etc.) is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises: checking the integrity of a first software application at a first location in a first memory that is pointed to by a first address in a pointer; copying the first software application from the first memory to the second memory and executing the first software application from the second memory, when the integrity of the first software application is nominal; transmitting a first message indicating that the integrity of the first software application is not nominal, when the integrity of the first software application is not nominal; and receiving a first command to store a second address in the pointer, in response to the first message.

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