Software upgrade in a home network using lower layer messaging
AssigneeEntropic Communications, Inc.
InventorSagar Jogadhenu
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Abstract
Principles, apparatuses, systems, circuits, methods, and computer program products for performing a software upgrade in a MoCA network includes receiving an image of a software upgrade at a server and sending the image in the MoCA network using an L2ME message channel to a client that is enabled to receive the image and store the image in a client memory. The image may be broken up into packets, and a sequence number may be assigned to each packet to assist the client in assembling them. CRC information may also be appended to the packets to enable the client to verify their contents.
Claims12
A method of performing a software upgrade in a Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA) network, comprising:
- initiating the software upgrade, via a service provider, by pushing a first wave submit message to a MoCA gateway, wherein the MoCA gateway does not interpret the contents of the first wave submit message;
- pushing a first wave request message, via the MoCA gateway, to a television set top box in the MoCA network;
- passing a second wave response, via the MoCA gateway, to the service provider;
- transmitting an image of a software upgrade, over a communication network external to a coaxial cable network of a home, from the service provider to a first transceiver of the MoCA gateway;
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- instructing the MoCA gateway to send the image of the software upgrade to the television set top box in the MoCA network, wherein the MoCA gateway is configured to send the image of the software upgrade over the coaxial cable network of the home via a second transceiver.
A service provider server for performing a software upgrade in a Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA) network, wherein the service provider server comprises:
- memory operable to store the software upgrade;
- a transmitter operable to:
- push a first wave submit message to a MoCA gateway, wherein the MoCA gateway does not interpret the contents of the first wave submit message,
- receive a second wave response, from the MoCA gateway, according to a first wave request message to a television set top box in the MoCA network, and
- transmit an image of the software upgrade, over a communication network external to a coaxial cable network of a home, from the service provider to a first transceiver of the MoCA gateway;
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- a processor operable to instruct the MoCA gateway to send the image of the software upgrade to the television set top box in the MoCA network, wherein the MoCA gateway is configured to send the image of the software upgrade over the coaxial cable network of the home via a second transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.