Remote Embedded Device Update Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems

• US 20160117162A1
• Filed: 07/07/2015
• Published: 04/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harman Connected Services, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Symphony Teleca Corporation (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Searle, Mark Douglas, Griffin, Owen James, Kempf, Robert Franz Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 9,747,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/052 using standardised network management architectures, e.g. telecommunication management network [TMN] or unified network management architecture [UNMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

The Remote Embedded Device Update Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“REDUP”) transforms telemetry inputs via REDUP components into remote embedded updates outputs. The REDUP may include a memory and processor with instructions to: obtain a remote embedded device connection request message from a remote embedded device and analyze the message to determine a version of embedded instructions on the remote embedded device. With that, the REDUP may determine if other remote embedded devices similar to the remote embedded device have provided request messages by searching a remote embedded device connection request message database. This allows the REDUP to determine if a potential issue requiring updates on the remote embedded device exists. With that, the REDUP may determine and provide an update for the remote embedded device.

Claims

1. A remote embedded device component package and segment management apparatus, comprising:

a memory;

a component collection in the memory, including;

a device segment determining component, and

a package download administering component;

a processor disposed in communication with the memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing instructions from the component collection stored in the memory,

wherein the processor issues instructions from the device segment determining component, stored in the memory, to;

obtain, via network, a connection notification message from a remote connected device, wherein the connection notification message includes a device identifier of the remote connected device, and device status data that includes information regarding components installed in the remote connected device and versions of the installed components;

analyze, via processor, the connection notification message to determine the device identifier;

determine, via processor, segment identifiers of segments associated with the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segments, segment component identifiers of segment components associated with the respective segment based on the respective segment identifier of the respective segment;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segment components, whether an applicable update, which is available for the respective segment component and which is applicable to the respective segment, is available based on the respective segment component identifier of the respective segment component;

generate, via processor, an update notification message, wherein the update notification message includes information regarding the determined applicable updates;

send, via network, the update notification message to the remote connected device;

wherein the processor issues instructions from the package download administering component, stored in the memory, to;

obtain, via network, an update download request message from the remote connected device, wherein the update download request message includes an update identifier of an applicable update associated with the sent update notification message;

analyze, via processor, the update download request message to determine the update identifier;

determine, via processor, an update package associated with the update identifier; and

send, via processor, the determined update package to the remote connected device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the processor issues instructions from a component, stored in the memory, to;

obtain, via network, an update installation report log message associated with the update identifier from the remote connected device; and

store data associated with the update installation report log message in a storage repository.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a segment is configured to link a group of devices that are specified as a set.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a segment is configured to link a group of devices that have specified segment components.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a segment is configured to link a group of devices that have specified attribute values associated with the specified segment components.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein a specified attribute value is a specified version label associated with hardware or software or firmware of a segment component.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a segment component is an embedded hardware component.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a segment component is a software or firmware component.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein instructions to determine whether an applicable update is available for a segment component further comprise instructions to:

determine whether an applicable update is available for the version of the segment component installed in the remote connected device.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the update notification message includes priority data associated for each of the determined applicable updates.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the processor issues instructions from the package download administering component, stored in the memory, to;

determine, via processor, whether the remote connected device is authorized to get the update package associated with the update identifier.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the update package comprises a plurality of software update modules.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a rule is associated with a software update module.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the rule specifies whether the software update module may be installed on a component.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the rule specifies how the software update module should be installed on a component.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the rule specifies a dependency between the software update module and another software update module in the update package.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein a software update module is associated with parameters including version label, timestamp, checksum, and associated component of the remote connected device.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the processor issues instructions from a component, stored in the memory, to;

configure, via processor, the update package for the remote connected device based on information regarding components installed in the remote connected device and versions of the installed components.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein instructions to configure the update package further comprise instructions to:

exclude a software update module previously installed on the remote connected device from the update package.

20. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein priority data associated with the update package determines whether user approval should be obtained from a user of the remote connected device before installing the update package.

21. A processor-readable remote embedded device component package and segment management non-transient physical medium storing processor-executable components, the components, comprising:

a component collection stored in the medium, including;

a device segment determining component, and

a package download administering component;

wherein the device segment determining component, stored in the medium, includes processor-issuable instructions to;

obtain, via network, a connection notification message from a remote connected device, wherein the connection notification message includes a device identifier of the remote connected device, and device status data that includes information regarding components installed in the remote connected device and versions of the installed components;

analyze, via processor, the connection notification message to determine the device identifier;

determine, via processor, segment identifiers of segments associated with the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segments, segment component identifiers of segment components associated with the respective segment based on the respective segment identifier of the respective segment;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segment components, whether an applicable update, which is available for the respective segment component and which is applicable to the respective segment, is available based on the respective segment component identifier of the respective segment component;

generate, via processor, an update notification message, wherein the update notification message includes information regarding the determined applicable updates;

send, via network, the update notification message to the remote connected device;

wherein the package download administering component, stored in the medium, includes processor-issuable instructions to;

obtain, via network, an update download request message from the remote connected device, wherein the update download request message includes an update identifier of an applicable update associated with the sent update notification message;

analyze, via processor, the update download request message to determine the update identifier;

determine, via processor, an update package associated with the update identifier; and

send, via processor, the determined update package to the remote connected device.

22. A processor-implemented remote embedded device component package and segment management system, comprising:

a device segment determining component means, to;

obtain, via network, a connection notification message from a remote connected device, wherein the connection notification message includes a device identifier of the remote connected device, and device status data that includes information regarding components installed in the remote connected device and versions of the installed components;

analyze, via processor, the connection notification message to determine the device identifier;

determine, via processor, segment identifiers of segments associated with the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segments, segment component identifiers of segment components associated with the respective segment based on the respective segment identifier of the respective segment;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segment components, whether an applicable update, which is available for the respective segment component and which is applicable to the respective segment, is available based on the respective segment component identifier of the respective segment component;

generate, via processor, an update notification message, wherein the update notification message includes information regarding the determined applicable updates;

send, via network, the update notification message to the remote connected device;

a package download administering component means, to;

obtain, via network, an update download request message from the remote connected device, wherein the update download request message includes an update identifier of an applicable update associated with the sent update notification message;

analyze, via processor, the update download request message to determine the update identifier;

determine, via processor, an update package associated with the update identifier; and

send, via processor, the determined update package to the remote connected device.

23. A processor-implemented remote embedded device component package and segment management method, comprising:

executing processor-implemented device segment determining component instructions to;

obtain, via network, a connection notification message from a remote connected device, wherein the connection notification message includes a device identifier of the remote connected device, and device status data that includes information regarding components installed in the remote connected device and versions of the installed components;

analyze, via processor, the connection notification message to determine the device identifier;

determine, via processor, segment identifiers of segments associated with the remote connected device based on the device identifier;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segments, segment component identifiers of segment components associated with the respective segment based on the respective segment identifier of the respective segment;

determine, via processor, for each of the associated segment components, whether an applicable update, which is available for the respective segment component and which is applicable to the respective segment, is available based on the respective segment component identifier of the respective segment component;

generate, via processor, an update notification message, wherein the update notification message includes information regarding the determined applicable updates;

send, via network, the update notification message to the remote connected device;

executing processor-implemented package download administering component instructions to;

obtain, via network, an update download request message from the remote connected device, wherein the update download request message includes an update identifier of an applicable update associated with the sent update notification message;

analyze, via processor, the update download request message to determine the update identifier;

determine, via processor, an update package associated with the update identifier; and

send, via processor, the determined update package to the remote connected device.