Patent ID: 6665871
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system for reprogramming a consumer electronic device comprising:a consumer electronic device (CED) having a CED processor and a CED memory and a CED serial port connected to the processor, the memory storing CED processor instructions and CED data; and a download module configured as a slave to the consumer electronic device and local to the consumer electronic device having a download processor, a download memory and a download serial port connected to the download processor, wherein the CED processor periodically applies a signal to the CED serial port, and when the download serial port is connected to the CED serial port to make a local serial connection and when the download processor receives one of the periodic signals from the CED processor over the local serial connection, the download processor initiates the download of one or more of download instructions and download data from the download memory to the CED memory over the local serial connection, and wherein the one or more of download instructions and download data comprises one or more of a demonstration program and a set of demonstration data that is used by the CED processor to generate a demonstration on the consumer electronic device.