Appeal No. 2005-1882
Application No. 09/989,244
transmitted to the second memory as code data in order to be stored in this second memory. In
this way at least a second subset of the code data is available not only in the first memory but
also in the second memory, which belongs to the first electronic device. Thus, when the code
data in the remote control device is lost, for example due to a battery failure, the code data can
be downloaded from the second memory and there is no need to buy a new smart card.
Moreover, by sending the code data subset burstwise to the first electronic device, it is no longer
necessary to send and retrieve them by pressing one key after the other on the remote control
device.
Appellants’ specification at page 1, lines 1-17, and page 1, line 24, through page 2, line12.
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is reproduced as follows:
1. A arrangement including a remote control device and at least one further
electronic device, said remote control device comprising a first memory for
storing a set of code data for use in controlling said at least one further
electronic device, said remote control device further comprising a signal
generator having an input for receiving code data from said first memory, said
signal generator generating, on the basis of said code data, control signals for
controlling said at least one further electronic device, and transmitting said
control signals to a control signal input of said at least one further electronic
device, characterized in that said at least one further electronic device
includes a first electronic device having a data input for receiving data from
said remote control device, and said remote control device further comprises a
code data output unit connected to said first memory, said code data output
unit having a further input for receiving an upload signal, said code data
output unit reading, under control of said upload signal, at least a subset of
said set of code data from said memory, transmitting said subset of said set of
code data burst-wise to the data input of said first electronic device, said first
electronic device including a second memory for storing said received subset
of said set of code date.
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