Patent ID: 6125409
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A process for rapid remote loading of executable function code (F1) between i) a host computer (1) having a host processor, a memory, and an input/output unit serving as a port and ii) a memory card or input/output card of the PCMCIA type (2) having a buffer memory (3), a processor (4) and a user device (5), with an interface between the input/output unit of the host computer and the memory card or input/output card, comprising the steps of:utilizing a buffer memory (3) with direct access for the loading of the executable function code (F1) from the host computer (1) to the processor (4);loading the executable function code (F1) from the host computer (1) into the buffer memory (3); andtransmitting directly from the buffer memory (3) to the processor (3), the executable function code (F1) for execution by the processor (4),wherein the loading of the executable function code from the host computer into the buffer memory is with auto-incrementation of addresses of memory blocks,the processor reads memory blocks thus-loaded with auto-incrementation of the addresses, andthe loading of the executable function code is from the host computer to the buffer memory to the processor without storage of the executable function code within a nonvolatile memory within the memory card or input/output card.