Method for activating a service mode in an electronic device and associated device

• US 10,228,928 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gayrard, Didier, Beaurepaire, Lionel, Michel, Herve
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wu, Junchun
• Application Number:
  US14/105,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20140173584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 717170, 348 14
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26291 for providing content or additional data updates, e.g. updating software modules, stored at the client deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4586 Content update operation triggered locally, e.g. by comparing the version of software modules in a DVB carousel to the version stored locally deployment, distribution, installation, update of software G06F8/65; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy during software upgrading G06F11/1433; arrangements for updating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/25

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for updating data and/or software embedded in an electronic device comprising a communication interface and being suitable to be controlled remotely by a remote control device, the electronic device comprises a mechanical casing cabinet and being configurable into at least one standby mode, said method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of detecting the presence of the remote control device in the receptacle for a determined period, of configuring the standby mode following the detection of the remote control device and of updating embedded data via the intermediary of the communication interface, the update being carried out according to the presence of the remote control device in the receptacle. The invention also relates to the device implementing the method.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a mechanical cabinet, said mechanical cabinet comprising a receptacle able to receive a remote control device, the electronic device being suitable to be controlled remotely by said remote control device, said receptacle comprising a device for detecting a presence of said remote control device in said receptacle; and

a control unit suitable for updating, via a communication interface of said electronic device, data embedded in said electronic device, said updating comprising;

configuring the electronic device into a standby mode upon detecting a presence of the remote control device within the receptacle of the electronic device;

initiating a first timer upon detecting the presence of the remote control device within the receptacle of the electronic device;

transmitting in said standby mode, via said communication interface, a request for updating at least one embedded software module to a remote server; and

updating the at least one embedded software module via said communication interface after the electronic device is placed in said standby mode, said updating of the at least one embedded software module being delayed until the first timer reaches a first value.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical cabinet comprises an upper face and said upper face comprises said receptacle.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device comprises an actuator element suitable for modifying a position of said remote control device in said receptacle when the update of said embedded data is complete.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein said electronic device comprises an accumulator charging module element suitable for charging said remote control device, said accumulator charging module being activated when said remote control device is positioned in said receptacle.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein said updating comprises at least checking a version of said embedded data with respect to a version available on a remote server.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein said updating comprises successive downloads of portions of said data.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 wherein said updating comprises a replacement of embedded data when all said portions of data have been properly downloaded.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 wherein said updating comprises, when a critical service operation is in progress in said electronic device, a locking of said remote control device in said receptacle until said critical service operation is completed.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein said updating comprises:

initiating a second timer upon detecting the remote control device has been removed from the receptacle and interrupting updating of the at least one software module when the second timer reaches a second value.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein said updating comprises:

initiating a third timer upon detecting the absence of the remote control device within the receptacle and wherein said electronic device is configured to exit said standby mode when the third timer reaches a third value.

11. A method for updating data embedded in an electronic device, comprising:

configuring the electronic device into a standby mode upon detecting a presence of a remote control device within a receptacle of a mechanical cabinet of the electronic device by a device for detecting the presence of said remote control device in said receptacle;

initiating a first timer upon detecting the presence of the remote control device within the receptacle of the mechanical cabinet of the electronic device by the device for detecting the presence of said remote control device in said receptacle;

transmitting in said standby mode, via a communication interface of the electronic device, a request for updating at least one embedded software module to a remote server; and

updating the at least one embedded software module via the communication interface after the electronic device is placed in said standby mode, said updating of the at least one embedded software module being delayed until the first timer reaches a first value.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein said updating comprises initiating a third timer upon detecting the absence of the remote control device within the receptacle and configuring said electronic device to exit said standby mode when the third timer reaches a third value.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein updating embedded data comprises at least checking a version of said embedded data with respect to a version available on a remote server.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein said updating of the embedded data comprises successive downloads of portions of said data.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said updating of embedded data comprises a replacement of embedded data when all said portions of data have been properly downloaded.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein said updating comprises:

interrupting updating of the at least one software module upon detection the remote control device is removed from the receptacle.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein said updating comprises:

initiating a second timer upon detecting the remote control device has been removed from the receptacle and interrupting updating of the at least one software module when the second timer reaches a second value.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second value is zero.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the first value is zero.

20. The method according to claim 11, wherein said updating comprises, when a critical service operation is in progress in said electronic device, a locking of said remote control device in said receptacle until said critical service operation is completed.