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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1998
Michael R. Watson, San Jose, CA (US);
T. Allan Hamilton, San Jose, CA (US);
Zilog, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
A Method and System for Enabling Wireless Data Communications with Electronic Devices having Disparate Operating Systems is disclosed. Also disclosed is a system that compares the Infrared or RF communications configuration of an electronic appliance to a target profile, and then uploads the target configuration profile to the appliance, if necessary. The preferred device and system perform a functional testing on the wireless communications system of the electronic appliance, including the transceiver hardware and all device drivers and software stacks. Furthermore, the device of the present invention is able to adopt the target configuration from an electronic appliance by downloading it from one or more appliances. Still further, the device of the present invention is able to communicate with two or more electronic appliances simultaneously. The device and system of the present invention are operable independent of the BIOS of the electronic appliance(s) to be configured. Finally, the method of the present invention includes steps for comparing the wireless communications configuration of an electronic appliance to a target configuration and then uploading the target system and testing the electronic appliance for operability with the new configuration.