Acceleration of software modifications in networked devices

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processing device, perform a method of modifying software executed by network devices, the method comprising:

• transmitting second software identification information by a second network device in response to receiving a modification message from a first network device indicating that software executed the first network device has been modified, the second software identification information identifying software executed by the second network device, the second network device identified by a second product identifier, and the first network device identified by a first product identifier;
• modifying the software executed by the second network device according to the first software identification information stored in a database, the database comprising the first product identifier, the second product identifier, first software identification information, and the second software identification information received from the second network device, the first software identification information identifying the software executed by the first network device;
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• maintaining the database at the first network device, wherein the first network device is a master network device, for at least one connected network device, including the second network device, having a same product identifier as the first network device, and wherein modifying the software executed by the second network device is performed by the first network device.

A system of connected network devices, the system comprising:

• a first network device transmitting a modification message in response to software executed by the first network device being modified, the first network device identified by a first product identifier;
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• a second network device transmitting second software identification information in response to receiving the modification message from the first network device, the second software identification information identifying software executed by the second network device, the second network device identified by a second product identifier, the first network device comprising a database stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the database comprising the first product identifier, the second product identifier, first software identification information, and the second software identification information, the first software identification information identifying the software executed by the first network device, the software executed by the second network device being modified according to the first software identification information of the database;
• wherein the first network device is a master network device, for at least one connected network device, including the second network device, having a same product identifier as the first network device, wherein the database is maintained at the first network device, and wherein the software executed by the second network device being modified by the first network device.