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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Charles H. Tabb, Rochester, NY (US);
Scott M. Silence, Fairport, NY (US);
Jane M. Kanehl, Bloomfield, NY (US);
Douglas A. Kreckel, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to utilizing memory provided in a machine replaceable sub-assembly to be one medium of distribution for software code updates to that machine relating as to how that machine should use that replaceable sub-assembly. In one embodiment, there is provided a replaceable sub-assembly for use in a machine at various setpoints including a memory and further including upgraded executable instruction suitable for directing the machine to use the replaceable sub-assembly with different setpoints, where the upgraded executable instruction is stored in the memory. In this way, the replaceable sub-assembly becomes the medium for it's own or another's software updates.