System and method for updating firmware
AssigneeLsis Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung Hwan OH, Jae Seong PARK
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Abstract
The present disclosure can update firmware of home electronic devices using an energy meter installed at each energy consumer house. The energy meter receives firmware from a remote server managing the firmware of home electronic devices and transmits the firmware to home electronic devices. The energy meter may bypass the firmware of the home electronic devices received from the remote server, or pre-download and transmit to the home electronic devices at a time the update is to be implemented.
Claims16
A system for updating firmware, the system comprising:
- a remote server generating and managing firmware of a home electronic device;
- an energy meter receiving the firmware from the remote server through a first communication network;
- and the home electronic device receiving the firmware from the energy meter through a second communication network, wherein the remote server transmits the firmware to the energy meter through the first communication network, the energy meter transmits the received firmware to the home electronic device through the second communication network, and the home electronic device checks if there is any default in the received firmware and operates using the received firmware.
A method for updating firmware, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a remote server generating and managing firmware of a home electronic device, the firmware to an energy meter through a first communication network;
- receiving, by the energy meter, the firmware transmitted from the remote server, and transmitting the firmware to the home electronic device through a second communication network;
- receiving, by the home electronic device, the firmware transmitted from the energy meter and updating the firmware of the home electronic device using the received firmware.
A method for updating firmware, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a remote server generating and managing firmware of a home electronic device, the firmware and update time information of the firmware to an energy meter through a first communication network;
- receiving and storing, by the energy meter, the firmware transmitted from the remote server and the update time information and monitoring whether a current time is the update time;
- transmitting, by the energy meter, the firmware stored by receiving from the remote server to the home electronic device through a second communication network, if the current time becomes the update time;
- and receiving, by the home electronic device, the firmware transmitted from the energy meter and updating the firmware of the home electronic device using the received firmware.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.