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Efficient information exchange between an electronic book and a cartridge

US6314474A · kind A · utility

28Cited by
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30Claims
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Filing dateOct 16, 1998
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F15/0283
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is a method and apparatus for exchanging information between an electronic book and a cartridge. The electronic book has an on-board storage and the cartridge contains a cartridge storage. It is determined if the cartridge is present. If the cartridge is present, a transfer mode is identified. The information between the on-board storage and the cartridge storage is then transferred according to the identified transfer mode.

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