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Enterprise software/firmware management and distribution

  • US 10,045,203 B2
  • Filed: 08/27/2016
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining parameter-based group criteria for mobile devices to be associated with a user-specified group, the parameter-based group criteria identifying a set of mobile devices from a plurality of mobile devices associated with a first customer;

    determining that a first mobile device is associated with the first customer;

    determining that a parameter of the first mobile device satisfies the parameter-based group criteria;

    obtaining a release time for the user-specified group in connection with a first software update;

    determining that a second mobile device is associated with a second customer that is different from the first customer or that the second mobile device is not associated with the first customer;

    determining, by a network device, that availability of the first software update should not be indicated prior to the release time to the first mobile device based on the determination that the first mobile device satisfies the parameter-based group criteria;

    indicating, by a network device, at a first time, to the first mobile device that the first software update is available to be downloaded and applied to the first mobile device based on the first time occurring during or after the release time; and

    determining that availability of the first software update should not be indicated to the second mobile device based on the determination that the second mobile device is associated with the second customer or that the second mobile device is not associated with the first customer.

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