System, apparatus, and method for an upgrader module
US8209678B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/65
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining and installing software updates on consumer electronics devices is described. In one embodiment, the method may include obtaining a software update for a consumer electronics (CE) device and a communications protocol for installing the software update on the CE device. The method may also include a portable device installing the software update on the CE device utilizing the communications protocol, in response to the portable device detecting a communications link between the portable device and the CE device.
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