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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert G. Harrison, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel W. Knodle, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenneth A. Brown, La Mesa, CA (US);
Kirk Westfall, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Rogers, Cardiff, CA (US);
Assignee:
Icebox, LLC, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 ;
Abstract
Methods for upgrading the operating system of an appliance and/an one or more applications run by the appliance. The method can be used to reload existing software, to add an operating mode to the appliance, and/or to enable an existent but previously disabled operating mode of the appliance. Also disclosed are methods for making a laser readable disk which is used in the upgrading process and which also can be encoded with an operating system and/or application software.