Patent ID: 6256378
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method for setting programmable features of an appliance comprising the steps of:providing an interactive site on a global computer network;providing a transfer device having an input port and an output port;establishing a connection with the interactive site using a computer with a display screen;interactively setting programmable features of a virtual appliance at the interactive site;downloading set-up data from the interactive site to the computer;modulating the display screen by displaying varying patterns of black and white pixels to transfer the set-up data to the input port of the transfer device, wherein the patterns of black and white pixels have a plurality of average intensity levels greater than two such that each of the patterns represents a corresponding data digit having a numerical base greater than two;downloading the set-up data from the output port of the transfer device to a real appliance corresponding to the virtual appliance.