Method and system for acoustic upgrading of firmware

• US 20040014463A1
• Filed: 07/18/2002
• Published: 01/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Gryc, Andrew J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,526,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

The invention provides a method for acoustic upgrading of firmware by multiplexing at least one data instruction within an audible data stream and placing the audible data stream within an audible media. The audible media is executed to produce an audible signal that is received by a programmable device. The programmable device is programmed as a function of the audible signal.

Claims

1. A method for acoustic upgrading of firmware comprising:

multiplexing at least one data instruction within an audible data stream;

placing the audible data stream within an audible media;

executing the audible media as an audible signal;

receiving the audible signal by a programmable device; and

programming the programmable device as a function of the audible signal.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the programmable device is in communication with a mobile communication unit.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the audible media is a magnetic tape.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the audible media is a magnetic disk.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the audible media is a optical disk.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the audible media is a random access memory.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the audible media to a plurality of devices.

8. A system for acoustic upgrading of firmware comprising:

means for multiplexing at least one data instruction within an audible data stream;

means for placing the audible data stream within an audible media;

means for executing the audible media as an audible signal;

means for receiving the audible signal by a programmable device; and

means for programming the programmable device as a function of the audible signal.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising means for providing the audible media to a plurality of devices.

10. A computer readable medium storing a computer program comprising:

computer readable code for multiplexing at least one data instruction within an audible data stream;

computer readable code for placing the audible data stream within an audible media;

computer readable code for executing the audible media as an audible signal;

computer readable code for receiving the audible signal by a programmable device; and

computer readable code for programming the programmable device as a function of the audible signal.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 10 further comprising, computer readable code for providing the audible media to a plurality of devices.