Update network with support for lifecycle management of update packages and mobile handsets
OwnerTeck Chia, Bindu Rama Rao +1inventors
InventorsTeck Chia, Bindu Rama Rao, Toni Pakarinen
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Abstract
An update network supports lifecycle management of update packages that are accessed by mobile handsets that are capable of updating its firmware/software employing an update agent. Specifically, a carrier network of the update network selectively disseminates update packages to mobile handsets employing a server that is capable of retrieving the update packages from an update store in the carrier network. The update network facilitates lifecycle management of update packages as well as the lifecycle management of mobile handsets.
Claims25
A system that facilitates updating of firmware in an electronic device, wherein the system supports lifecycle management of firmware updating information, the system comprising:
- an electronic device comprising:
- firmware;
- loading software that retrieves updating information for the firmware;
- and
- updating software that applies the retrieved updating information to the firmware in the electronic device.
A method for updating firmware in an electronic device of a system, wherein the system comprises the electronic device and a network, the method comprising:
- generating updating information in a generation environment;
- saving the generated updating information in a storage;
- communicating the saved updating information to a distribution environment;
- and
- managing the lifecycle of the updating information.
A system that facilitates updating of at least one of firmware and software in electronic devices, wherein the system supports lifecycle management of firmware updating information, the system comprising:
- a network that distributes the updating information to electronic devices, the network having a lifecycle management component that manages the lifecycle of the updating information.
A configurable lifecycle management system for updating information that updates at least one of firmware and software in electronic devices, wherein the configurable lifecycle management system is capable of changing the state of updating information stored in a network that communicates updating information to the electronic devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.