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Wireless communication apparatus

  • US 6,510,316 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2000
  • Issued: 01/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:

  • a non-volatile flash memory, in which a plurality of sectors capable of storing one or more pieces of information are formed to be partitioned;

    a sector controlling unit for controlling the sectors in such a manner that at least one of the plurality of the sectors stores updatable information, and at least one of the remaining sectors stores no information so that the at least one of the remaining sectors becomes empty;

    an update controlling unit for updating/storing the updatable information in a specified empty sector of the plurality of sectors after receiving a command for updating the updatable information; and

    an information-elimination controlling unit which eliminates the information stored in the said specified sector based on a command given from the sector controlling unit so as to make the sector empty, directly following and in response to updating and storing of the updatable information.

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