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Method and apparatus for remote control and updating of wireless mobile devices

  • US 10,057,415 B2
  • Filed: 07/14/2015
  • Issued: 08/21/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of performing updates on a wireless communication apparatus, the method comprising:

  • receiving a “

    ping”

    message at the wireless communication apparatus;

    requesting, by the wireless communication apparatus, further instructions regarding the “

    ping”

    message;

    receiving, by the wireless communication apparatus, an instruction for update service, wherein the instruction for update service is received as at least a part of the further instructions regarding the “

    ping”

    message;

    requesting, by the wireless communication apparatus, an update service;

    receiving, by the wireless communication apparatus, one or more mandatory updates and a list of non-mandatory available updates;

    automatically installing, by the wireless communication apparatus, the one or more mandatory updates;

    automatically parsing and analyzing, by the wireless communication apparatus, the list of non-mandatory available updates against a computing environment of the wireless communication apparatus;

    based on the parsing and analyzing, automatically identifying, by the wireless communication apparatus, from the list of non-mandatory available updates, one or more critical updates that are relevant to the computing environment of the wireless communication apparatus, and which one or more critical updates have not previously been installed on the wireless communication apparatus;

    based on the parsing and analyzing, automatically identifying, by the wireless communication apparatus, from the list of non-mandatory available updates, non-critical updates that are relevant to the computing environment of the wireless communication apparatus, and which non-critical updates have not previously been installed on the wireless communication apparatus;

    automatically selecting, by the wireless communication apparatus, the critical updates that are relevant to the computing environment of the wireless communication apparatus, and which critical updates have not previously been installed on the wireless communication apparatus, to obtain automatically selected updates;

    enabling user selection of the non-critical updates that are relevant to the computing environment of the wireless communication apparatus, and which non-critical updates have not previously been installed on the wireless communication apparatus, to obtain user-selected updates;

    automatically requesting and receiving, by the wireless communication apparatus, the automatically selected critical updates and the user selected non-critical updates, to obtain received updates; and

    automatically installing, by the wireless communication apparatus, the received updates.

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