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System and method for updating devices that execute an operating system or application program directly from nonvolatile storage

US7996501B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2007
Grant dateAug 9, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/65
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • 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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