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FRAMEWORK FOR MULTI-TYPE AND MULTI-LOCATION FIRMWARE UPDATES AND HARDWARE FEATURE UPDATES THROUGH A SINGLE INTERFACE PROTOCOL

  • US 20140130034A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2012
  • Published: 05/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of updating a platform system firmware and a component device firmware through a single interface protocol, comprising:

  • assigning a unique index number to each of a platform system and a component device;

    generating a platform system firmware payload comprising a platform payload header and a system firmware update image;

    receiving a component device firmware payload comprising a component firmware update image from a component device manufacturer;

    generating a firmware update package comprising a package header, the platform system firmware payload, the component device firmware payload, and a component payload header, wherein the platform system firmware payload comprises the platform payload header having the unique index number assigned to the platform system and the component device firmware payload comprises the component payload header having the unique index number assigned to the component device;

    querying the platform payload header and the component payload header using a check image application programming interface (API) for a matching unique index number; and

    updating at least one of the platform system firmware and the component device firmware by passing at least one of the platform system firmware payload and the component device firmware payload as a parameter, respectively, to a set image API.

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