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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Mark A. Heng, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Russell D. Thomas, Chandler, AZ (US);
Maya Tampi, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A GPS receiver ( ) for processing GPS satellite signals and adapted for connection to a client device ( ). The receiver ( ) includes a down converter ( ), a correlator ( ), and a microcomputer A. The microcomputer A has a microprocessor A, a first memory ( A), a second memory ( B, B), and an input/output interface ( ). The input/output interface ( ) is capable of being connected to the client device ( ). The first memory ( A) contains a first set of instructions for the microprocessor A to download and store in the second memory ( B, B) at least one time critical GPS software module (A , A , . . . A ) from the client device ( ). The first memory ( A) also contains a second set of instructions for the microprocessor A to determine whether to download and store in the second memory ( B, B) a plurality of non-time critical software modules (B , B , . . . B ) from the client device ( ).