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System and method for updating devices using limited amounts of random access memory

US6976133B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 13, 2002
Grant dateDec 13, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/34
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method updates a device by storing into nondisk nonvolatile storage such as flash memory, the files used to update the device, using data structures that are swapped, a portion at a time, into available RAM of the device.

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