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Method and system for upgrading a plurality of devices

US8032881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

Axis AB · SE

Inventors

Jonas Holmberg · Trelleborg, SE
Joacim Tullberg · Lund, SE
Johan Adolfsson · Lund, SE
Martin Gren · Malmö, SE
Kristina Sten · Lund, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2007
Grant date	Oct 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 23, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic device and a method for updating firmware in a number of electronic devices connected to a data network. First, a firmware in a first electronic device of said plurality of electronic devices is configured. Then, a firmware update file is generated in said first electronic device, based upon said configured firmware by using a firmware update file generator. Next, the firmware update file is transmitted from the first electronic device to a number of electronic devices via a data network. Finally, the firmware is updated in the number of electronic devices by executing said firmware update file in each of the electronic devices.

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