INFORMATION TRANSFER DEVICE AND ITS FUNCTION UPDATING METHOD, AND SYSTEM THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information transfer device for managing both flexibility for coping with each kind of communication protocols, and low-consumption power properties. SOLUTION: The information transfer device comprises a programmable logic element 101; a communication module 102 for each kind of communication protocols for communicating data with each kind of networks 16, 18, and 20; a local configuration DB 10 for storing a plurality of semiconductors IP; and a control section 104 for utilizing the semiconductor IPs in the local configuration DB 106, creating configuration data written in the programmable logic element 101, and writing the configuration data in the programmable logic element 101. Also, the configuration data may be created by a processing section 141 utilizing the semiconductor IPs in a remote configuration DB 142 in a service center 14.