Patent ID: 6973411
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing module-related information in a modular system, which comprises a plurality of modules having different functions and a base module for controlling the operation of each of the plurality of modules by interfacing with each of the plurality of modules, the method comprising: obtaining simultaneously module-related information stored in each one of said plurality of modules connected to said base module; and storing said module-related information obtained from said modules in a module information memory accessed by said base module, further comprised of said module-related information including version information, the version of module-related information previously stored in said module information memory being compared with the version of newly-obtained module-related information, and whether the version is the previous version of module-related information or the new version of module-related information that is stored is determined based on the results of comparison in said step of storing said module-related information.