Patent ID: 6286037
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A data communication system, comprising:a sender system operable to transmit program data and program information, which contains information on said program data, over a communications channel;a receiver system operable to receive said program data and said program information, said receiver system including:a data capture circuit operable to selectively accept said program data in accordance with said program information and a predetermined virtual environment;an install instruction receiver operable to acquire install instructions of said program data from said program information;a resource checking unit operable to produce a checking result indicative of whether a needed resource is available for executing said program data; andan installation unit responsive to said checking result and operable to: (i) determine whether said program data is usable, (ii) automatically install said program data in accordance with said install instructions when said program data is usable, and (iii) request said needed resource from said sender system over said communications channel when said checking result indicates that said needed resource is not available.