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US 11,387,867 B2Granted
Distributed microcontroller
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
InventorGiovanni Scozzola
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Abstract
A microcontroller includes a plurality of electronic functional circuits comprising a read-only memory (ROM) and a central processing unit (CPU) and an interconnection circuit. The CPU and the interconnection circuit are disposed in a mobile electronic device and the ROM is disposed outside the mobile electronic device. The interconnection circuit is configured to communicate with the plurality of electronic functional circuits. The communication with the ROM is wireless communication.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- detecting a first circuit available to a second circuit, the first circuit comprising a first memory storage, the second circuit comprising a processor and a second memory storage;
- configuring the second memory storage with a configuration characteristic of the first circuit in response to determining that the second memory storage fails to include a configuration characteristic associated with the second circuit;
- and
- directly executing, by the processor, a program stored in the first memory storage without downloading the program and installing the program in the second circuit.
1 more element
A first circuit, comprising:
- a first non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions;
- and
- a processor in communication with the first non-transitory memory storage, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- detect a second circuit available to the first circuit, the second circuit comprising a second non-transitory memory storage,
- configure the first non-transitory memory storage with a configuration characteristic of the second circuit in response to determining that the first non-transitory memory storage fails to include the configuration characteristic of the second circuit, and
- directly execute a program stored in the second non-transitory memory storage without downloading the program to the first non-transitory memory storage.
3 more elements
A system, comprising:
- a first circuit comprising a first non-transitory memory storage;
- a second circuit within communication range of the first circuit, the second circuit comprising:
- a second non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions, and
- a processor in communication with the second non-transitory memory storage, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- detect availability of the first circuit to the second circuit;
- configure the second non-transitory memory storage with a configuration characteristic of the first circuit in response to determining that the second non-transitory memory storage fails to include a configuration characteristic associated with the second circuit;
- and
- directly execute a program stored in the second non-transitory memory storage without downloading the program to the second non-transitory memory storage.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.