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Digital broadcast receiver and software startup method

US8893135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 2011
Grant dateNov 18, 2014
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2209/485
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital broadcast receiver schedules the startup of its software on the basis of the number of data transfer channels and core processing units available to transfer the necessary programs into main storage and execute them, the execution priority order of the programs, the time required to transfer each necessary program into main storage, and the time required to initialize each program. If a snapshot startup option exists for a program, the initialization time is compared with the time required for transferring the snapshot of the program's working data and for further post-processing. Consideration of the data transfer times and initialization times as well as execution priority enables the shortest schedule to be determined.

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