Remote programming of serialized semiconductor devices using web or internet protocols

• US 20040034439A1
• Filed: 02/19/2003
• Published: 02/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Inventors: Watson, David
• Granted Patent: US 6,941,178 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/86
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A method and system for remote programming of serialized semiconductor devices using web or Internet protocols. Semiconductor device programmers access at least one web server for unique numbers to program the serialized semiconductor devices.

Claims

1. A system for remote programming of semiconductor devices, comprising

a semiconductor device programmer for programming the semiconductor devices;

and

a server in communication with the semiconductor device programmer over a network to provide serialized numbers to the semiconductor device programmer for programming into the semiconductor devices.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the serialized numbers are unique numbers.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the unique numbers are generated according to an algorithm.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the unique numbers as provided to the semiconductor device programmer are non-sequential.

5. The system of claims 1 or 2, further comprising

a computer controller for facilitating communications between the semiconductor device programmer and the server and for controlling the semiconductor device programmer to program the semiconductor devices with the serialized numbers;

and

a control logic interface for interfacing the computer controller with the semiconductor device programmer.

6. The system of claims 1 or 2, wherein the server is accessed using Internet protocols.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the server is accessed using TCP/IP calls and the server responds back with files of the serialized numbers.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the server is accessed using HTTP “

Get”

or “

Post”

requests and the server responds back with the files comprising one of HTML web pages, web page files, and XML document files.

9. A method of remote programming of semiconductor devices, comprising the steps of

accessing a server over a network for serialized numbers;

receiving a file of the serialized numbers; and

programming the semiconductor devices with the serialized numbers.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the serialized numbers are unique numbers.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the unique numbers are generated according to an algorithm.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the unique numbers are non-sequential.

13. The method of claims 9 or 10, wherein the server is accessed using Internet protocols.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the server is accessed using TCP/IP calls and the server responds back with files of the serialized numbers.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the server is accessed using HTTP “

Get”

or “

Post”

requests and the server responds back with the files comprising one of HTML web pages, web page files, and XML document files.

16. A system for remote programming of semiconductor devices, comprising

a semiconductor device programmer for programming the semiconductor devices;

and

a plurality of servers in communication with the semiconductor device programmer over a network to provide serialized numbers to the semiconductor device programmer for programming into the semiconductor devices.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the serialized numbers are unique numbers.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the unique numbers are generated according to an algorithm.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the unique numbers as provided to the semiconductor device programmer are non-sequential.

20. The system of claims 16 or 17, further comprising a computer controller for facilitating communications between the semiconductor device programmer and the servers and for controlling the semiconductor device programmer to program the semiconductor devices with the serialized numbers;

and a control logic interface for interfacing the computer controller with the semiconductor device programmer.

21. The system of claims 16 or 17, wherein the servers are accessed using Internet protocols.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the servers are accessed using TCP/IP calls and the servers respond back with files of the serialized numbers.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the servers are accessed using HTTP “

Get”

or “

Post”

requests and the servers respond back with the files comprising one of HTML web pages, web page files, and XML document files.

24. A method of remote programming of semiconductor devices, comprising the steps of

accessing at least one of a plurality of servers over a network for serialized numbers;

receiving a file of the serialized numbers; and

programming the semiconductor devices with the serialized numbers.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the serialized numbers are unique numbers.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the unique numbers are generated according to an algorithm.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the unique numbers are non-sequential.

28. The method of claims 24 or 25, wherein the servers are accessed using Internet protocols.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the servers are accessed using TCP/IP calls and the server responds back with files of the serialized numbers.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the servers are accessed using HTTP “

Get”

or “

Post”

requests and the servers respond back with the files comprising one of HTML web pages, web page files, and XML document files.