Patent ID: 6954850

Claim:
A portable electronic device that is reprogrammable through a pager network, the device comprising: an external communications port for electronically connecting the electronic device to a first electronic device that is separate and distinct from the electronic device; a data transceiver for transmitting send data and receiving receive data from a pager network; a processor in electronic communication with the external communications port for communicating through the external communications port with the first electronic device, the processor also being in electronic communication with the data transceiver for communications with the pager network; and reprogrammable memory programmed with instructions to cause the device to provide an identification for the electronic device to a controller through the pager network and to receive new program code from the pager network and to reprogram the reprogrammable memory with the new program code for enhancing communications with the first electronic device through the external communications port, wherein the electronic device is reprogrammed and the first electronic device is not reprogrammed.