Patent ID: 7852845

Claim:
A transmitter for transmitting an updating data packet to an external receiver, said transmitter characterized in that: said transmitter transmits said updating data packet that forms part of a sequence of information and each updating data packet transmitted being intended to overwrite a previously transmitted data packet, each said updating data packet transmitted comprises (i) an identifier of the replicated memory location to be updated, (ii) the content with which said replicated memory location is to be updated, and (iii) a resident updating count of the updating source associated with the identified replicated memory location, and each updating data packet comprising (a) a updating data identifier, (b) a updating data content, and (c) an updating count value; and said transmitter including a count valuer within said transmitter for determining a magnitude of the updating count value for each data packet transmitted, said updating count value indicating the position of said updating data packet in said sequence of information.