Apparatus, system, and method for receiving digital instructions at devices sharing an identity

A signal bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform an operation to receive digital instructions, the operation comprising:

• receiving a digital instruction instance over a communications medium at a first controller, wherein the first controller has ownership of the communications medium and shares the communications medium and a common identity with a second controller;
• transferring ownership of the communications medium from the first controller to the second controller in response to the first controller successfully receiving the firmware instance;
• requesting a retransmission of the digital instruction instance;
• and
• receiving the retransmitted digital instruction instance over the communications medium at the second controller.

A system to receive firmware, the system comprising:

• a first memory configured to store digital data;
• a second memory configured to store digital data;
• a communications medium configured to communicate digital data;
• a service module configured to transmit a firmware instance over the communications medium;
• a first controller configured to receive the firmware instance over the communications medium and store the firmware instance in the first memory, wherein the first communications module has ownership of the communications medium and shares the communications medium and a common address on the communications medium with a second controller;
• an ownership module configured to transfer ownership of the communications medium from the first controller to the second controller in response to the first controller successfully receiving the firmware instance;
• a request module configured to request a retransmission of the firmware instance by the service module;
• the second controller configured to receive the retransmitted firmware instance over the communications medium and store the retransmitted firmware instance in the second memory;
• and
• a notification module configured to transmit a notification to the service module that the firmware instance transmission is complete.

A method for deploying computer infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing the following:

• receiving a firmware instance over a communications medium at a first controller, wherein the first controller has ownership of the communications medium and shares the communications medium and a common address with a second controller;
• transferring ownership of the communications medium from the first controller to the second controller in response to the first controller successfully receiving the firmware instance;
• requesting a retransmission of the firmware instance wherein the request is configured as a notification of transmission error;
• receiving the retransmitted firmware instance over the communications medium at the second controller;
• and
• notifying that the digital instruction instance transmission is complete.