Method for programming/updating software using USB OTG

• US 20060136899A1
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoo, Sang-Hun
• Application Number:
  US11/301,169
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A method for programming/updating software using a USB (Universal Serial Bus) OTG (On-the-Go) is disclosed. The method includes a connection step of two devices each having a flash memory that carries a coding block performing a USB OTG connection that follows a serial interface standard, an operation mode determining step of one of the two connected devices operating as a host device according to the USB OTG standard while the other thereof operating as a target device, and a programming/updating step of the host device downloading the coding block of a newest version to the target device and the target device performing the programming/updating by the downloaded coding block of the newest version.

Claims

1. A method for programming/updating software using a Universal Serial Bus (USB) On-The-Go OTG standard, comprising:

connecting two devices each having a flash memory which carries a coding block performing a USB OTG connection according to a serial interface standard;

determining an operating mode of the two connected devices with one of the two connected devices operating as a host device according to the USB OTG standard and the other thereof operating as a target device according to the USB OTG standard; and

downloading, for programming/updating by the host device, a coding block of a newest version to the target device; and

performing the programming/updating by the target device using the downloaded coding block of the newest version.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of determining an operation mode comprises determining the host device and the target device in accordance with a connection state of an ID signal line and a ground line of a terminal according to the USB OTG standard.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of determining the operation mode comprises determining the device having the newest version as the host device and the device having a version older that the newest version as the target device by confirming the versions of both coding blocks according to an HNC (Host Negotiation Protocol) protocol of the USB OTG standard.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of downloading for programming/updating by the host device comprises requesting and receiving, by the host device, a version of the coding block in the flash memory of the target device from the target device, transmitting the host coding block of the corresponding host version to the target device, if the version (i.e., host version) of the coding block in the flash memory of the host device is newer than the target'"'"'s versions;

and

wherein the step of programming/updating by the target device comprises the target device performing a programming/updating using the downloaded host coding block.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steps of programming/updating by the target device and the host device comprises requesting an approval of the updating to the newest version from the user and performing the updating if the user approves the update.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the step of requesting comprises displaying a request for approval on both a display screen of the host device and the target device.