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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Matti Floman, Tampere, FI;
Markku Lipponen, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for downloading control software/operating systems of user interfaces into an electronic device ( ), which comprises two or more processor blocks ( ), where in at least two processor blocks ( ) a user interface (UI , UI ) is used. Furthermore, one or more operating systems are executed in the electronic device ( ). The downloading is executed via one said processor block ( ), wherein the control software/operating systems are downloaded into said one processor block ( ), from which the control software/operating systems related to other user interfaces are loaded into said other processor blocks ( ). The invention also relates to an electronic device ( ) which comprises at least one processor ( ), at least two processor blocks ( ), at least one user interface (UI , UI ), memory means ( ) for storing the control software of the user interface (UI , UI ), means ( ) for data transmission between a first ( ) and a second processor block ( ), and means ( ) for executing the functions of two or more operating systems. The invention also relates to a storing means for the downloading program of the control software/operating systems of the user interfaces in an electronic device ( ).