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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Masahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Owaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Tsurumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an information processing terminal that makes it possible to readily upgrade software of information processing terminals connected by a network. When a control program stored in a display apparatusB is upgraded by a control program stored on a memory card, an upgrade program for a base stationand the control program for display apparatusA andC read by the display apparatusB are transmitted to the base station. The base stationupgrades a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the base station, and also transmits the control program for the display apparatusA andC to the display apparatusA andC. The display apparatusA andC each upgrade a control program stored therein by the upgrade program received by the display apparatusA andC, respectively.