Program reception/execution apparatus that can commence execution of a machine program having only received the program in part, and a program transmission apparatus that enables such execution

Patent 7948867 Issued on May 24, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date:

June 27, 2025. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Panasonic Corporation

Application

No. 11169253 filed on 06/27/2005

US Classes:

370/209Walsh functions

Examiners

Primary: Meky, Moustafa M

Foreign Patent References

0 680 185 EP 11/01/1995
0 680 213 EP 11/01/1995
0 690 400 EP 01/01/1996
1-312647 JP 12/01/1989
H08-6878 JP 06/01/1994
H08-36519 JP 07/01/1994
H08-202638 JP 01/01/1995
07231308 JP 08/01/1995
WO 95/33338 WO 12/01/1995

International Class

G06F 15/16

Abstract

When a program transmission apparatus divides a program into a plurality of partial programs before transmission, a program reception execution apparatus executes a partial program when the partial program has already been received, and, when the execution needs to proceed to from a present partial program to a next partial program, executes the other partial program when the next partial program has been received.

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