Local over the air update of an embedded system

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• generating, by the processing device executing a wide area network (WAN) accessible service, an encrypted digital image comprising a firmware update for an embedded system of a device having a specific device serial number (DSN), wherein the encrypted digital image is usable only for the device having the specific DSN;
• receiving, by the processing device, device related information from a computing device, wherein the device related information comprises the DSN of the device comprising the embedded system and a version number of a current firmware component installed on the embedded system;
• determining, using the device related information, that the encrypted digital image for the device is available;
• and
• providing, by the processing device, the encrypted digital image to the computing device for use by the computing device to update a firmware version of the embedded system.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to execute instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to:
• generate an encrypted digital image comprising a firmware update for an embedded system of a device having a specific device serial number (DSN), wherein the encrypted digital image is usable only for the device having the specific DSN;
• receive device related information from a computing device, wherein the device related information comprises the DSN of the device comprising the embedded system and a version number of a current firmware component installed on the embedded system;
• determine, using the device related information, that the encrypted digital image for the device is available;
• and
• provide the encrypted digital image to the computing device for use by the computing device to update a firmware version of the embedded system.