Patent ID: 6104506
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A programmable facsimile apparatus capable of updating a program incorporated therein, said apparatus comprising:a first memory for storing user updatable information, a compressed update control program used for controlling updating of the user updatable information stored in the first memory and a decompress program for decompressing the compressed update control program, the user updatable information stored in the first memory being selectively updatable by the user; anda second memory different than the first memory, for temporarily storing programs, wherein the compressed update control program is decompressed by the decompress program and stored in the second memory only when it is determined that the user updatable information stored in the first memory is to be updated, and update control is passed to the decompressed update control program stored in the second memory so that the user updatable information stored in the first memory is then updated using the decompressed update control program stored in the second memory and control of the apparatus is than passed back to a program stored in the first memory.