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A system for enabling expanded instruction sets, applications, data and parameters to be downloaded from one processor to another so that processors ordinarily intended for specific tasks can run other tasks without having an expanded instruction set and application code specifically developed or al

A system for enabling expanded instruction sets, applications, data and parameters to be downloaded from one processor to another so that processors ordinarily intended for specific tasks can run other tasks without having an expanded instruction set and application code specifically developed or always resident. In an exemplary embodiment, four types of extended commands are issued by the system processor to the peripheral processor in which a command table is built to point to interpretable images resident therein. The interpretable image is downloaded by a first command and contains the executable code and parameters needed to perform the downloaded task. A second command is issued to execute the interpretable image and may include additional data. A third command is provided to delete previously downloaded interpretable images, and a fourth command is provided to enable the system processor to query other processors for resident interpretable images.

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In a system in which system control includes a system control processor, said processor connected to one or more subsystem processors, said system control processor having a system command instruction set for performing system functions and said one or more subsystem processors having limited comman

In a system in which system control includes a system control processor, said processor connected to one or more subsystem processors, said system control processor having a system command instruction set for performing system functions and said one or more subsystem processors having limited command instruction sets for performing subsystem functions, the computer implemented method of moving a system function from said system processor to a subsystem processor incapable of performing said system function to enable the future execution of said system function by said subsystem processor, comprising the steps of: building a specific meta command in said system control comprised of an interpretable image, said image comprised of at least a portion of the executable code of a system application for performing a specific system function and a portion of the system command instruction set needed to execute the system application; adding a register meta command to the subsystem processor set of commands for enabling the subsystem to accept specific meta commands; and downloading said interpretable image from said system control to a selected subsystem for future execution by registering said specific meta command in said selected subsystem wherein the interpretable image is loaded into said selected subsystem.