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US 2009/0282134 A1Published application
Automated double firmware upgrade
AssigneeArris
InventorsAllen Walston, Jose Barroso, David Bassett
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Abstract
A method of upgrading the software load of a device includes receiving a configuration file and checking if a device software load matches load information (EE) of the configuration file. If the device software load does not match the EE of the configuration file, a check is made to determine if the device software load matches new load information (NE) of the configuration file.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- forming a configuration file using upstream network logic, the configuration file comprising software load information (EE) that older software loads of downstream devices will respond to, and further comprising software load information (NE) that only newer software loads of downstream devices will respond to;
- communicating the configuration file to at least one downstream network device;
- receiving a request from the downstream device for the EE software load;
- communicating the EE software load to the downstream device;
- receiving a request from the downstream device for the NE software load;
- and
- communicating the NE software load to the downstream device.
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A method comprising:
- a downstream network device receiving a configuration file from an upstream network device;
- the downstream network device checking if a device software load matches load information (EE) of the configuration file;
- and
- if the device software load does not match the EE of the configuration file, the downstream network device checking if the device software load matches new load information (NE) of the configuration file.
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A system comprising:
- upstream network logic adapted to form a configuration file comprising software load information (EE) that older software loads of downstream devices will respond to, and further comprising software load information (NE) that only newer software loads of downstream devices will respond to;
- upstream network logic to communicate the configuration file to at least one downstream network device;
- upstream network logic to receive a request from the downstream device for the EE software load;
- upstream network logic to communicate the EE software load to the downstream device;
- upstream network logic to receive a request from the downstream device for the NE software load;
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- upstream network logic to communicate the NE software load to the downstream device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.