Local over the air update of an embedded system
US10162622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computing device determines a unique identifier associated with a device comprising an embedded system. The computing device sends the unique identifier to a wide area network (WAN) accessible service and receives an encrypted digital image comprising a firmware update for the device comprising the embedded system from the WAN accessible service. The computing device stores the encrypted digital image in a storage area of the computing device and initiates an over the air update of firmware of the device comprising the embedded system using the encrypted digital image.
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