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Abstract

A system and method for uploading firmware into television display is disclosed, in that it allows a user to upload firmware data to the user's television using conventional consumer technology, such as video media players with firmware encoded into a video format suitable for uploading firmware to the television through use of a conventional media player attached to the user's television display. Preferred embodiments of the system and method call for encoding firmware data into a format which is suitable for playback on a media player and communication to a television and the associated systems and methods in the television for decoding, processing and storing the new firmware data to the television set. Various embodiments of the invention disclose different methods of encoding and decoding, including, for example, image encoding, bar code encoding and Vertical Blanking Encoding methods for transmission of firmware data and decoding by the television.

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