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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Thomas H. James, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Deanna R. Kidd, Long Beach, CA (US);
Thomas H. James, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Deanna R. Kidd, Long Beach, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication systemincluding a host devicein communication with an external devicethrough a pair of interfaces. The external device has an application code image moduletherein. The host deviceincludes an application execution areaand a resource application programming interface (API). The host devicestores the application code image in the application execution area. The application code image controls a function in the host deviceusing the resource application interface. When the function is performed, the application code image may be removed from the host device