COST OPTIMIZATION FOR FIRMWARE UPDATES FOR GLOBALLY MOBILE MACHINE-TO-MACHINE DEVICES
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1. A firmware control management device for determining whether or not to push a firmware update to a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, the firmware control management device comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory that stores processor-executable instructions where the processor interfaces with the memory and executes the processor-executable instructions to enable operations as follows;
receive a notification from the M2M device;
retrieve M2M configuration information associated with the M2M device;
obtain information related to firmware associated with the M2M device;
obtain information which indicates a network currently connected to the M2M device;
obtain information related to the network currently connected to the M2M device; and
determine whether or not to push the firmware update to the M2M device based at least on the M2M configuration information, the information related to firmware associated with the M2M device, and the information related to the network currently connected to the M2M device.
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Abstract
A firmware control management device and a method implemented by the firmware control management device are described herein which are configured to determine whether or not to push a firmware update to a machine-to-machine (M2M) device.
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1. A firmware control management device for determining whether or not to push a firmware update to a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, the firmware control management device comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores processor-executable instructions where the processor interfaces with the memory and executes the processor-executable instructions to enable operations as follows; receive a notification from the M2M device; retrieve M2M configuration information associated with the M2M device; obtain information related to firmware associated with the M2M device; obtain information which indicates a network currently connected to the M2M device; obtain information related to the network currently connected to the M2M device; and determine whether or not to push the firmware update to the M2M device based at least on the M2M configuration information, the information related to firmware associated with the M2M device, and the information related to the network currently connected to the M2M device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for determining whether or not to push a firmware update to a machine-to-machine (M2M) device, the method implemented by a firmware control management device comprising the steps of:
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receiving a notification from the M2M device; retrieving M2M configuration information associated with the M2M device; obtaining information related to firmware associated with the M2M device; obtaining information which indicates a network currently connected to the M2M device; obtaining information related to the network currently connected to the M2M device; and determining whether or not to push the firmware update to the M2M device based at least on the M2M configuration information, the information related to firmware associated with the M2M device, and the information related to the network currently connected to the M2M device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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