Patent ID: 6629284
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H04H,H04L

Abstract:
A data processing system capable of receiving at feast one of a user data file and an application program wirelessly transmitted from a central server, said data processing system comprising:an RF transceiver capable of contemporaneously: receiving in a first forward channel blocks of data transmitted by said central server receiving in a second forward channel other data transmitted by said central server, and transmitting to said central server in a reverse channel at least one of user input data and user commands, wherein said blocks of data comprise said at least one of a user data file and said application program; and a download controller capable of monitoring said received blocks of data and detecting therein corrupted data associated with a first block of data, wherein said download controller, in response to said detection of said corrupted data, transmits to said central server a retransmission request causing said central server to retransmit said first block of data as the other data in the second forward channel, wherein said second forward channel is a separate transmission channel from said first forward channel.