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Updating an edge computing device

US10990372B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Deepanjyoti Sarkar · Mountain View, US
Kanika GOYAL · Damoh, IN
Devidas Joshi · Hyderabad, IN
Vikas Kumar · Gairsain, IN
Andrea D'Amato · San Jose, US
Srikanth Kumar KOVURI RAJAIAH · San Jose, US
Ravindra Mysore Seetharam · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/815
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Examples are disclosed that relate to updating system software of a computing device located at a network edge between a local network and a cloud service. One disclosed example provides a method comprising booting into a system disk image at a boot location, receiving and storing an updated system disk image from a server computing device. The method further comprises changing the boot location from a location of the system disk image to a location of the updated system disk image and booting into the updated system disk image.

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