Patent ID: 7783252

Claim:
A method of reprogramming a receiver station, said receiver station including a programmable device of a specific version having a memory, a signal detector, and a receiver operatively connected to said signal detector, said method comprising the steps of: storing information specifying said specific version of said programmable device, wherein said specific version indicates a version of an operating system executing on said programmable device and controlling the processing capabilities of said programmable device; receiving an information transmission at said receiver, said information transmission including a control signal which designates a designated version of programmable device; passing said information transmission to said signal detector and detecting said control signal; determining whether said specific version is said designated version in response to said control signal; communicating operating system instructions to said memory only when said step of determining determines that said specific version is said designated version, wherein said communicating comprises erasing any operating system instructions stored within an erasable portion of said memory and then storing said communicated operating system instructions within said erasable portion of said memory; and executing said communicated operating system instructions to control operation of said programmable device.