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Originally Posted by Dmoss
...nice job, runehero!
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Thanks
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and it's all backed up in patent.
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Originally Posted by Rare Patent
In accordance with yet other further aspects of the invention, the first program alternatively contains instructions that when executed by the processor specifically identifies information for sharing with the second program and provides a code that is associated with this identified information to a user of the first program via a display coupled to the control unit. In this instance, the code is provided instead of storing the identified information to the memory. In this regard, the second program alternatively contains instructions that when executed by the processor ask the user to provide a code, if any, and then utilize the information associated with the code in the implementation of the second program.
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Banjo Tooie gives you the sandcastle codes.
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Originally Posted by Rare Patent
Upon retrieval of the identified information, another test is made to determine the validity of the retrieved information at a step 28. Primarily, the second program is checking to specifically determine that the data is of the correct type; that it is whole and complete within itself; that there is no corruption in whole or in part; and that the data is suitable for use by and is acceptable to the second program. This validity test can be accomplished by conventional error checking techniques which could, for example, include checking data. Even further, extra data can be incorporated alongside or within the data to be transferred. This extra data can be calculated by a program from the data to be transferred. In this regard, the calculation method used could be a simple addition of all of the data, or it could be a more complicated algorithm which generates what is conventionally understood to be an error checking code like a checksum.
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As I mentioned, this error checking code exist's within EEPROM and Banjo-Kazooie's flag data
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Originally Posted by Rare Patent
It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art and others that more than one checksum may be needed to confirm the validity, integrity and acceptability of the data.
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This seems to be the case for EEPROM data. There are two Checksum addresses as I mentioned above.