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Program reception/execution apparatus which can start execution of program even when only part of program is received, and program transmitter for it

US6157948A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 1998
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99948
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When a program transmission apparatus divides a program into a plurality of partial programs before transmission, a program reception execution apparatus executes a partial program when the partial program has already been received, and, when the execution needs to proceed to from a present partial program to a next partial program, executes the other partial program when the next partial program has been received.

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