Appeal No. 1998-0460 Page 3
Application No. 08/480,765
transactions required to download the program, and the memory
space where the program is to be stored.
Claim 12, which is representative for our purposes,
follows:
12. A method of downloading program code
to change the control program for a computer in
a subscriber terminal of a subscription
television system, the method comprising the
steps of:
providing a memory in the subscriber
terminal for storing the control program;
storing in the memory a boot code program
operative for downloading new program code for
at least a portion of the control program of the
computer into the memory from a remote location,
the control program operative for controlling
predetermined features of the subscriber
terminal;
activating the boot code program in
response to a predetermined condition;
operating the computer under control of the
boot code program to download the new program
code from the subscription television system;
and
storing the new program code in the memory.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Cheung 4,430,669 Feb. 7,
1984
Bacon et al. (Bacon) 5,440,632 Aug. 8,
1995
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