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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester, GB;
Clive Henry Gillard, Alton, GB;
Simon Dominic Haynes, Fleet, GB;
Henry Epsom, Newbury, GB;
Inventors:
Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester, GB;
Clive Henry Gillard, Alton, GB;
Simon Dominic Haynes, Fleet, GB;
Henry Epsom, Newbury, GB;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of distributing software and supplemental display data and a client device having the same. The method reduces the cost of providing software to a number of devices on a multi-cast network. The software allows the user to gain access to the multi-cast network, and the supplemental display data is transferred to the client device over the network.