Patent ID: 6763396
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An electronic device connectable to a network, the network providing access to at least one network server that stores a downloadable update of an operating utility for the electronic device; the electronic device comprising:an address table that stores access address information for the network server; a setting memory section that stores utility update verification cycle information representing a frequency at which the network server is to be accessed to determine the existence of an updated utility; a network access control section that controls access between the network and the electronic device; an updating information control section that cooperates with the network access control section to communicate with the network server at the address stored in the address table at the frequency indicated by the update verification cycle information; and a communication device that cooperates with the network access control section to access the network server at the address stored in the address table and to download an updated utility for the electronic device when available.