Remote firmware upgrade device mapping

A computer implemented method of operating a networked firmware management system, comprising:

• sending one or more firmware target specifications from a target device to a server, the firmware target specifications each identifying a firmware target in the target device, wherein the firmware target specification comprises a file name specification, wherein the server includes a device file name specification table, which stores the sent file name specifications and corresponding target devices and corresponding firmware targets, wherein the file name specifications, the corresponding target devices and the corresponding firmware targets are distinct;
• sending firmware target specifications for one or more attached devices networked to the target device, from the target device to the server;
• receiving a firmware update from the server in a firmware target in the target device, the firmware update having a firmware attribute that matches the sent firmware target specifications for the firmware target;
• and
• receiving a receiving a firmware update from the server in the target device having a firmware attribute that matches the sent firmware target specifications for the one or more attached devices, and sending the firmware update from the target device to the one or more attached devices.

A networked firmware management system server, comprising:

• a firmware management module, stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, operable to:
• receive one or more firmware target specifications from one or more target devices in a server, the firmware target specifications each identifying a firmware target in the target device, wherein the firmware target specification comprises a file name specification;
• receive, from the one or more target devices, one or more firmware target specifications for one or more attached devices networked to the one or more target devices;
• store the one or more received firmware target specification in the server, associated with the one or more firmware targets in the target device, wherein the server includes a device file name specification table, which stores file name specifications and corresponding target devices and corresponding firmware targets, wherein the file name specifications, the corresponding target devices and the corresponding firmware targets are distinct, wherein the one or more received firmware target specifications are stored in the device file name specification table;
• receive a firmware update in the server;
• match a firmware attribute of the received firmware update against the one or more firmware target specifications from the one or more target devices or one or more attached devices stored in the server;
• and
• send the received firmware update to any firmware targets in the target device or the one or more attached devices having a firmware target specification that matches the received firmware update attribute.

A networked firmware management system target device, comprising:

• a firmware management module, stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, operable to:
• send one or more firmware target specifications from a target device to a server, the firmware target specifications each identifying a firmware target in the target device, wherein the firmware target specification comprises a file name specification, wherein the server includes a device file name specification table, which stores the sent file name specifications and corresponding target devices and corresponding firmware targets, wherein the file name specifications, the corresponding target devices and the corresponding firmware targets are distinct;
• send firmware target specifications for one or more attached devices networked to the target device from the target device to the server;
• receive a firmware update from the server in a firmware target in the target device, the firmware update having a firmware attribute that matches the sent firmware target specifications for the firmware target;
• and
• receive a firmware update from the server in the target device having a firmware attribute that matches the sent firmware target specifications for the one or more attached devices, and send the firmware update to from the target device to the one or more attached devices.