Method and device for upgrading a router
AssigneeXiaomi Inc.
InventorsJialin FAN, Yongfeng XIA, Tiejun LIU
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Abstract
A method for upgrading a first router apparatus of at least two router apparatuses communicating with a terminal and a server includes detecting whether an application in the first router apparatus needs to be upgraded and, if the application needs to be upgraded, acquiring an upgrade file from the server through a communication link between a second router apparatus of the at least two router apparatuses and the server. The method further includes sending the upgrade file to the first router apparatus.
Claims19
A method for upgrading a first router apparatus of at least two router apparatuses communicating with a terminal and a server, comprising:
- detecting whether an application in the first router apparatus needs to be upgraded;
- acquiring, if the application needs to be upgraded, an upgrade file from the server through a communication link between a second router apparatus of the at least two router apparatuses and the server;
- and
- sending the upgrade file to the first router apparatus.
A device for upgrading a first router apparatus of at least two apparatuses communicating with the device and a server, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- detect whether an application in the first router apparatus needs to be upgraded;
- acquire, if the application needs to be upgraded, an upgrade file from the server through a communication link between a second router apparatus of the at least two router apparatuses and the server;
- and
- send the upgrade file to the first router apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for upgrading a first router apparatus of at least two router apparatuses communicating with a terminal and a server, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the terminal, causing the terminal to:
- detect whether an application in the first router apparatus needs to be upgraded;
- acquire, if the application needs to be upgraded, an upgrade file from the server through a communication link between a second router apparatus of the at least two router apparatuses and the server;
- and
- send the upgrade file to the first router apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.