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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Eiji Oga, San Diego, CA (US);
Kazuhiro Miyoshi, San Diego, CA (US);
Park Uh, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Pioneer Digital Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for efficiently running an execution image containing instructions for running a computer program in a set-top box. A non-volatile memory stores a compressed version of the execution image. A volatile memory is configured to execute the execution image. A computing unit transfers and decompresses the compressed version of the execution image from the non-volatile memory to the volatile memory where the execution image in non-compressed form can be executed efficiently.