Patent ID: 6990661
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device having a device type that is one of a plurality of device types, the device comprising: (a) non-volatile memory means for storing operational data utilized during operation of the electronic device; (b) receiver means for receiving a data object externally from the electronic device, the data object including data associated with a plurality of device types; (c) installation means for installing in the memory means only data from the data object that is associated with the device type of the electronic device and retrieving from the data object an installation routine, wherein the installation routine is provided with pointers to utilities resident on the electronic device for executing the installation routine; and (d) download processing means having a download processing routine, the download processing routine executing the installation routine to store into the non-volatile memory means of the electronic device only the data associated with the device types.