DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE PROGRAM ENABLING

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
PEACOCK PEEKS	MSNBC Cable	30 Rockefeller Plaza New York NY 10112	DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR ENABLING USERS TO RECEIVE BREAKING NEWS ALERTS TO THEIR PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICES VIA A STAND-ALONE POP-UP SCREEN APPLICATION;
PEACOCKPEEKS.COM	MSNBC Cable	30 Rockefeller Plaza New York NY 10112	Downloadable software program for enabling users to receive video news alerts from news producers on their home computer via a stand-alone pop-up screen application;PEACOCK PEEKS;
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Technical Examples

There is disclosed an apparatus for controlling a physical layer interface of a network interface card. The apparatus comprises: 1) a read only memory (ROM) for storing an embedded control program; 2) a random access memory for storing a downloadable software control program; and 3) a microcontroller for controlling the physical layer interface, wherein the microcontroller in a first operating mode executes the embedded control program to thereby control the physical layer interface, and wherein the microcontroller in a second operating mode downloads the downloadable software control program from an external processing system and executes the software control program in place of the embedded control program to thereby control the physical layer interface.