Patent ID: 8855781

Claim:
A programmable personal device ( 10 ) including: a. first and second data communication interfaces ( 11 , 13 ): (1) configured to wirelessly receive programming instructions including one or more of: (a) control parameters defining functionality of the personal device ( 10 ), (b) allowable parameter ranges for one or more of the control parameters, and (c) control parameter attributes defining whether and/or how one or more of the control parameters may thereafter be varied within the personal device ( 10 ); (2) wherein the second data communication interface ( 13 ) utilizes at least one of: (a) a different data format, and (b) a different data transmission technology, than the first data communication interface ( 11 ); b. a memory ( 17 ) configured to store at least a portion of the programming instructions received by the first data communication interface ( 11 ), c. a programmable controller ( 15 ) configured to receive programming instructions from the second data communication interface ( 13 ), wherein control parameters within the programming instructions thereafter define the functionality of the programmable controller ( 15 ) if these control parameters are in correspondence with the programming instructions from the first data communication interface ( 11 ) stored in the memory ( 17 ).