Portable electronic module having EPROM memory, systems and processes
First Claim
1. A circuit positioned in a substantially token-shaped body, said substantially token-shaped body having at least one conductive surface, said circuit comprising:
- (a) a serial port electrically coupled to said at least one conductive surface of said substantially token-shaped body to receive and transmit information, said information following a write signal, a read signal, and a program signal;
(b) a scratchpad memory coupled to said serial port to hold information that is received or transmitted by said serial port;
(c) an electrically programmable memory coupled to said scratchpad memory to house said information received by said serial port;
(d) program port electrically coupled to said at least one conductive surface of said substantially token-shaped body to receive program information following said program signal to program said electrically programmable memory, said program port deriving all voltages necessary to program said electrically programmable memory from s program signal; and
(e) control logic coupled to said serial port and said scratchpad memory and said electrically programmable memory, said control logic transfers information to and from said scratchpad memory to said electrically programmable memory as a block pursuant to a block transfer command received at said serial port.
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Abstract
A circuit positioned in a substantially token-shaped body, the circuit that comprises (a) a serial port to receive and transmit information following a write signal, a read signal, and a program signal; (b) a scratchpad memory coupled to the serial port to hold information that is received or transmitted; (c) an electrically programmable memory coupled to the scratchpad memory; (d) program port to receive program information and program the electrically programmable memory, said program port deriving all voltages necessary to program said electrically programmable memory from said program signal; and (e) control logic coupled to the serial port and the scratchpad memory and the electrically programmable memory, the control logic transfers information to and from the scratchpad memory to the electrically programmable memory as a block pursuant to a block transfer command received at the serial port. The memory subsections comprise a block of memory that can redirects data requests to other locations in the memory subsections and can be write protected by protecting information found in the block and/or by preventing the block from being redirected.
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1. A circuit positioned in a substantially token-shaped body, said substantially token-shaped body having at least one conductive surface, said circuit comprising:
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(a) a serial port electrically coupled to said at least one conductive surface of said substantially token-shaped body to receive and transmit information, said information following a write signal, a read signal, and a program signal; (b) a scratchpad memory coupled to said serial port to hold information that is received or transmitted by said serial port; (c) an electrically programmable memory coupled to said scratchpad memory to house said information received by said serial port; (d) program port electrically coupled to said at least one conductive surface of said substantially token-shaped body to receive program information following said program signal to program said electrically programmable memory, said program port deriving all voltages necessary to program said electrically programmable memory from s program signal; and (e) control logic coupled to said serial port and said scratchpad memory and said electrically programmable memory, said control logic transfers information to and from said scratchpad memory to said electrically programmable memory as a block pursuant to a block transfer command received at said serial port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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