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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
May. 08, 1992
Gideon Hecht, Seminole, FL (US);
Kurt Ervin Holmquist, Largo, FL (US);
Donald C Snoll, Clearwater, FL (US);
Paradyne Corporation, Largo, FL (US);
Abstract
A modified version of the operating communication program of a stored program controlled apparatus is installed with the aid of a downloadable start address specification means, optionally realized with an EEPROM memory. The start address specification means stores information that is downloaded through a communication port in the apparatus, and that information is used in defining the address from where the communication programs are initiated. In accordance with the method of this invention, downloading of the entire new set of programs is effected by first downloading a segment of the essential portion of the new package of programs. Control is then transferred to the new segment by downloading appropriate information into the start address specification means. Thereafter, utilizing the downloaded essential portion of the new package of programs, the remainder of the new package is downloaded.