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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
George Williams, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Xudong Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Toshiro Ozawa, San Diego, CA (US);
Rolf Toft, San Francisco, CA (US);
Leo M. Pedlow, Jr., Ramona, CA (US);
Brant L. Candelore, Escondido, CA (US);
David Boyden, Escondido, CA (US);
Robert Blanchard, Escondido, CA (US);
Christopher Jensen Read, San Diego, CA (US);
George Williams, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Xudong Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Toshiro Ozawa, San Diego, CA (US);
Rolf Toft, San Francisco, CA (US);
Leo M. Pedlow, Jr., Ramona, CA (US);
Brant L. Candelore, Escondido, CA (US);
David Boyden, Escondido, CA (US);
Robert Blanchard, Escondido, CA (US);
Christopher Jensen Read, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of processing a boot sequence for a processor forming a part of a module apparatus involves interrogating a host television device to determine if the host television device requires use of an application execution engine residing on the module apparatus; receiving a reply to the interrogation; and responsive to the reply, establishing a mode of operation wherein the application execution engine is used to execute application code for the host television device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.