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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5717887 | System for the automatic substitution of control firmware embedded in a removable disk drive A host computer is connected with a computer interface to a disk drive that accepts removable disk drive cartridges. A FLASH memory provides the non-volatile storage of a default embedded control program and an alternative control program for a processor.... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715462 | Updating and restoration method of system file Operating Systems (OS's) of the same form are stored in first and second memory areas. The executing Operating System in the first memory area is terminated and the Operating System in the second area is initiated. After system files stored in the first a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5701492 | Fail-safe flashing of EPROM A fail-safe flash for an EPROM that is arranged into separately erasable sectors proceeds in a stepwise procedure. The EPROM is divided into at least three regions including a boot block region, a file region and a directory region. The boot block region ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5654901 | Loading software into field test equipment In a cellular telecommunications system comprising a base transceiver station (BTS) coupled to a base station controller (BSC), a method for testing the BTS begins by connecting an operations maintenance terminal (OMT) to the BTS, the OMT including a firs... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5602993 | Method and system for revising data in a distributed data communication system The invention relates to an arrangement and to a method for revising selected data in a distributed data communication system, eg such data as a data program or document intended for a number of a plurality of destination devices (AEI, AEII, LSE2, LSE3) i... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5408624 | Method and apparatus for down-loading instructions from a host computer system to a memory in a peripheral controller for execution by a core microprocessor in the peripheral controller A method and apparatus for downloading instructions and other information to a peripheral controller for use in an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) compatible computer provides a system which downloads instructions from the ISA compatible computer to ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5313635 | Compiling system for distributed computer system with multiple types of computers To eliminate the duplication of the same type of compilers, promote the effective use of a disk memory, and save user time and labor using a server machine under distributed environment where a plurality of different types of computers are interconnected ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5274810 | Dynamic control of program execution order on a personal computer A personal computer (PC) operating with terminal emulation software as a terminal to mainframe host computer has means for dynamically reordering the programs it runs other than the terminal emulation software. It has provision for receiving program names... | 12/28/1993 |
