Patent ID: 6219698
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of maintaining communications between a first processing system and a second processing system interconnected to the first processing system by a communications network, comprising the steps of:storing a software application having a first set of instructions and a second set of instructions, the first set of instructions for causing a first application task to be performed and the second set of instructions for causing a first update signal to be transmitted from the first processing system to the second processing system;initializing the first set of instructions to perform the first application task;responsive to the first set of instructions being initialized to perform the first task, executing the second set of instructions thereby transmitting the first update signal from the first processing system to the second processing system;receiving an updated first set of instructions from the second processing system responsive to the transmitting the first update signal; andupdating the first set of instructions included in the software application with the received updated first set of instruction.