Patent ID: 6968471

Claim:
A system for updating a first set of information including a time and a date of one of a plurality of electronic devices within the system, the system comprising: a communication network being coupled to each of said electronic devices within said network, wherein each of at least two of said electronic devices has a time and date set feature capable of being set by a user, wherein one of said at least two electronic devices is configured to communicate the up dated first set of information to any respective electronic device after having received a set instruction configured to automatically set a first clock within the one of said at least two electronic devices, wherein said first clock is automatically set when a change in the time occurs, the one of said at least two electronic devices is configured to communicate the updated first set of information until remaining of said electronic devices within the communications network have been set, and a first communications module configured to interrupt a first program executed by a microprocessor within the remaining of said electronic devices, wherein said first program is separate from a second program configured to update a second clock within the remaining of said electronic devices when the updated first set of information is received by the remaining of said electronic devices.