US 8,789,036 B2 · Device software customization

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with device software configuration are described. One example method is executed by a personal electronic device (PED) having a read only memory (ROM) configured with a boot loader, a BASE ROM partition, and a customization file store partition (CFSP). The method includes receiving a customization package and storing it in the CFSP. The method includes invoking a one-time installation process to customize PED software, settings, characteristics, and so on, based on the CFSP contents. The method includes invoking a boot-time installation process to configure a file system filter driver on the PED to control access to CFSP contents based, at least in part, on a file attribute associated with the CFSP content.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

configuring a personal electronic device (PED) read only memory (ROM) with a boot loader, a BASE ROM partition, and a customization file store partition (CFSP);
establishing a customization package to be associated with the CFSP;
deploying the customization package to the PED ROM;
controlling the PED to store the customization package in the CFSP in the PED ROM;
invoking an installation process on the PED, where the installation process converts a user file of the customization package stored in the CFSP to a system file;
and
producing a customized instance of the PED, where the customized instance customizes software available on the PED based on the customization package stored in the CFSP.

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