Updating firmware on mobile devices

A system for updating firmware of mobile devices, the system comprising:

• a server configured to:
• establish device management sessions with the mobile devices via a network having at least one wireless service over which the mobile devices and the server communicate;
• provide data from the server to nodes of firmware update management objects stored at the mobile devices, the data indicating a plurality of different update file locations accessible via the network, and the nodes are package uniform resource locator nodes of the firmware update management objects, and the package uniform resource locator nodes identify respective single manifest update files containing respective data indicating the plurality of different update file locations;
• provide metadata from the server to the nodes or other nodes of the firmware update management objects stored at the mobile devices, the metadata expressing conditions that mobile devices must meet to download respective update files of a plurality of update files;
• and
• send commands to the mobile devices, the command targeting a node of the firmware update management object.

A mobile device comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication module coupled to the processor and configured to communicate with a server over a network and at least one wireless service;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor and storing a firmware update management object;
• the processor is configured to:
• establish a device management session with the server;
• store data received from the server during the device management session in at least one node of the firmware update management object, the data indicating a plurality of different update file locations accessible via the network, and the at least one node is a package uniform resource locator node of the firmware update management object, and the package uniform resource locator node identifies respective a single manifest update file containing respective data indicating the plurality of different update file locations;
• store metadata received from the server in the at least one node or at least one other node of the firmware update management object, the metadata expressing conditions that mobile devices must meet to download respective update files of a plurality of update files;
• providing the data from the server to the at least one node of a firmware update management object stored at the mobile device;
• receive a command from the server, the command targeting a node of the firmware update management object.