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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A REVERSE BINARY PATCH

  • US 20130125109A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2012
  • Published: 05/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of handling a patch on an electronic device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a communications interface of the electronic device, a forward patch and a reverse index file, the reverse index file identifying regions of similarity between an old binary image and a new binary image;

    generating, at a processor of the electronic device, a reverse patch from the new binary image, the old binary image and the reverse index file; and

    applying, at the processor of the electronic device, the reverse patch to the new binary image to obtain at least a portion of the old binary image.

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