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Electronic Entertainment and communications system

  • US 6,047,127 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1995
  • Issued: 04/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a distributed processing multiprocessor system having a control computer and at least one user interactive processing device coupled to the control computer, a method of downloading information to the user interactive processing device including a memory comprising the step of:

  • requesting by the user interactive processing device a download operation from the control computer,determining at the user interactive processing device, a type of information to be downloaded,receiving at least one byte of downloaded data,interpreting the at least one byte of data as defining predetermined configuration data that determines how the downloaded data is to be addressed in the memory by the at least one user interactive processing device, where different types of downloaded data are addressed differently depending on the content of the predetermined configuration data; and

    aborting the downloading operation before the downloading operation is completed if the downloaded data does not correspond to the determined type of information.

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