Wireless software and configuration parameter modification for mobile electronic devices
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1. A method of transmitting information, comprising the acts of:
- inserting multiple copies of software information into a signal, wherein the software information is used to operate a mobile electronic device receiving the software information;
inserting feature program information into the signal, wherein the feature program information received by the mobile electronic device is subsequently output by the mobile electronic device to a user of the mobile electronic device;
inserting a program identifier into the signal, wherein the program identifier enables the mobile electronic device to distinguish the software information from the feature program information; and
broadcasting the signal as a wireless signal to a plurality of mobile electronic devices in an information distribution system, wherein the number N of multiple copies is an integer and where P is a predetermined minimum acceptable fraction of mobile electronic devices correctly receiving the software information and R is a reception error rate.
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Abstract
Multiple copies of a software or operating parameter change are broadcast using a wireless signal to a mobile electronic device. Broadcasting multiple copies increases the probability that the device will receive the change without error.
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1. A method of transmitting information, comprising the acts of:
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inserting multiple copies of software information into a signal, wherein the software information is used to operate a mobile electronic device receiving the software information;
inserting feature program information into the signal, wherein the feature program information received by the mobile electronic device is subsequently output by the mobile electronic device to a user of the mobile electronic device;
inserting a program identifier into the signal, wherein the program identifier enables the mobile electronic device to distinguish the software information from the feature program information; and
broadcasting the signal as a wireless signal to a plurality of mobile electronic devices in an information distribution system, wherein the number N of multiple copies is an integer and where P is a predetermined minimum acceptable fraction of mobile electronic devices correctly receiving the software information and R is a reception error rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 64)
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21. A wireless broadcast signal comprising:
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multiple copies of software information, wherein the software information is used to operate a mobile electronic device receiving the software information;
feature program information, wherein the feature program information received by the mobile electronic device is subsequently output by the mobile electronic device to a user of the mobile electronic device; and
a program identifier, wherein the program identifier enables the mobile electronic device to distinguish the software information from the feature program information, wherein the number N of multiple copies is an integer and where P is a predetermined acceptable fraction of mobile electronic devices correctly receiving the software information and R is a reception error rate. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A transmitter in an information distribution system, wherein the transmitter broadcasts a wireless signal to a plurality of mobile electronic devices, and wherein the signal comprises:
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multiple copies of software information, wherein the software information is used to operate a mobile electronic device receiving the software information;
feature program information, wherein the feature program information received by the mobile electronic device is subsequently output by the mobile electronic device to a user of the mobile electronic device; and
a program identifier, wherein the program identifier enables the mobile electronic device to distinguish the software information from the feature program information, wherein the number N of multiple copies is an integer and where P is a predetermined minimum acceptable fraction of the mobile electronic devices correctly receiving the software information and R is a reception error rate. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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