Firmware update method and firmware update system thereof
US11507367B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 28, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/575
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A firmware update method and a firmware update system thereof includes the steps of: executing a setting process, which includes writing a first identification code into a memory module, and setting a firmware update file on a firmware providing end to make the firmware update file include a second firmware image file and a second identification code and executing a determining process, which includes receiving the firmware update file and determining whether the firmware update file conforms to a custom structure according to the first identification code. If it does not, then prohibiting the firmware update image file from updating a computer system, and if it does, replacing a first firmware image file with the second firmware image file and writing the second firmware image file into the memory module of the computer system along with the second identification code.
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