Patent ID: 7240217
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method that stores software code for a subscriber terminal, the method comprising the steps of: establishing communication through a transmission medium for storing the software code for the subscriber terminal; downloading software code that includes at least a portion of control program code for the subscriber terminal; storing the downloaded software code in a memory of the subscriber terminal, wherein the stored downloaded software code that includes at least a portion of the control program code for the subscriber is executed by a control processor; and replacing at least a portion of stored software code in memory of the subscriber terminal, wherein the replacing of the stored software code includes replacing at least a portion of stored control program code for the subscriber terminal with the control program code of the stored downloaded software code; wherein replacing at least the portion of the control program code for the subscriber terminal comprises comparing the stored downloaded software code with the stored software code; and in response to a difference between the stored downloaded software code and the stored software code, storing at least a portion of the stored downloaded software code in place of at least a portion of the stored software code.