DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SECURE COMMUNICATIONS OVER A CELLULAR NETWORK
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for coordinating firmware updates comprising:
- receiving, from a designated server, firmware upgrades at a hub device, wherein the firmware upgrades comprise one or more firmware upgrade images for updating one or more target devices, wherein the hub device acts as both a coordinator and gateway between a WAN and one or more HAN devices;
performing firmware upgrade on a target device when the target device is the hub device;
transferring the one or more images to the one or more target devices when the one or more target devices are HAN devices; and
initiating upgrade of the one or more target devices in accordance with the transferred one or more images.
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Abstract
A process for communicating utility-related data over at least one network is described. the process includes: collecting utility-related data at a hub device during a first predetermined period of time; securing the utility-related data at the hub device using digital envelopes during the first predetermined period of time; initiating by the hub device an autonomous wake up process during a second predetermined period of time; sending the secure utility-related data over a first network to a designated server via at least one User Datagram protocol (“UDP”) message during the second predetermined period of time; and receiving an acknowledgement of receipt message of the at least one UDP message from the designated server; wherein the first and second predetermined periods of time typically do not overlap, but may overlap.
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12 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for coordinating firmware updates comprising:
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receiving, from a designated server, firmware upgrades at a hub device, wherein the firmware upgrades comprise one or more firmware upgrade images for updating one or more target devices, wherein the hub device acts as both a coordinator and gateway between a WAN and one or more HAN devices; performing firmware upgrade on a target device when the target device is the hub device; transferring the one or more images to the one or more target devices when the one or more target devices are HAN devices; and initiating upgrade of the one or more target devices in accordance with the transferred one or more images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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