Efficient information exchange between an electronic book and a cartridge
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1. A method comprising:
- (a) matching an upgrade tag in a cartridge with a predefined tag code stored in an electronic book to determine if the cartridge is present at a port of the electronic book having an on-board storage, the cartridge containing a cartridge storage and an upgrade code;
(b) if the cartridge is present, identifying a transfer mode; and
(c) executing the upgrade code to transfer information between the on-board storage and the cartridge storage according to the identified transfer mode.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for exchanging information between an electronic book and a cartridge. The electronic book has an on-board storage and the cartridge contains a cartridge storage. It is determined if the cartridge is present. If the cartridge is present, a transfer mode is identified. The information between the on-board storage and the cartridge storage is then transferred according to the identified transfer mode.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) matching an upgrade tag in a cartridge with a predefined tag code stored in an electronic book to determine if the cartridge is present at a port of the electronic book having an on-board storage, the cartridge containing a cartridge storage and an upgrade code;
(b) if the cartridge is present, identifying a transfer mode; and
(c) executing the upgrade code to transfer information between the on-board storage and the cartridge storage according to the identified transfer mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a cartridge storage accessible to a processor in an electronic book having a port and an on-board storage;
an upgrade tag; and
an upgrade code accessible to the processor;
wherein if the processor determines the cartridge storage is present at the port of the electronic book by matching the upgrade tag with a predefined tag code in the electronic book and identifies a transfer mode, the processor executes the upgrade code to transfer information between the on-board storage and the cartridge storage according to the identified transfer mode. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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an electronic book containing a processor, an on-board storage, and a port; and
a cartridge comprising;
a cartridge storage accessible to the processor for storing information corresponding to the on-board storage, an upgrade tag, and an upgrade code accessible to the processor, wherein if the processor determines the cartridge storage is present at the port of the electronic book by matching the upgrade tag with a predefined tag code in the electronic book and identifies a transfer mode, the processor executes the upgrade code to transfer information between the on-board storage and the cartridge storage according to the identified transfer mode. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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