Appeal No. 1998-0460 Page 10
Application No. 08/480,765
downloading new program code ....” Also similarly, claims 57-
62 each specify in pertinent part the following limitations:
A method of downloading program code to change the
control program for each computer in a selected set
comprising one or more subscriber terminals in a
subscriber base of a subscription television system,
the method comprising the steps of:
...
determining the selected set of subscriber
terminals in the subscriber base for receiving new
program code for the control program;
...
in response to determination by a particular
subscriber terminal that it is a member of the
selected set, operating the computer associated with
the particular subscriber terminal to download the
new program code from the subscription television
system ....
In addition, claim 63 similarly specifies in pertinent part
the following limitations:
A method of downloading program code to change the
control program for the computer of the subscriber
terminals in a subscriber base of a subscription
television system, the method comprising the steps
of:
...
globally transmitting the new program code to
each subscriber terminal in the subscriber base ...;
...
in response to determination by a subscriber
terminal that the new program code is globally
transmitted, operating the computer associated with
the subscriber terminal to download the new program
code from the subscription television system ....
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