Ingestion interface for transferring update package containers into a distribution network
First Claim
1. A method that facilitates a secure ingestion of updating information into a network, the method comprising:
- registering at the network a source of updating information outside the network in response to a registration request from the source to the network;
providing the source of updating information with authentication information in response to the registering;
receiving a request at the network from the source of updating information, utilizing the provided authentication information, to transfer a container of updating information into the network, wherein the container of updating information is configured to update at least one of firmware and software in electronic devices associated with the network; and
downloading the container of updating information into the network from the source of updating information.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a method and system for the ingestion of update package containers (or other types of containers, in general) into a distribution network. In an embodiment of the present invention, update package containers (UPC) from several different sources may be transferred into a distribution network such as a carrier network via a standardized SOAP interface. A logical repository may be assumed to exist in the distribution network. A standardized interface to such a logical repository may facilitate the integration of ingestion methods from several software originators into such a distribution network.
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1. A method that facilitates a secure ingestion of updating information into a network, the method comprising:
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registering at the network a source of updating information outside the network in response to a registration request from the source to the network; providing the source of updating information with authentication information in response to the registering; receiving a request at the network from the source of updating information, utilizing the provided authentication information, to transfer a container of updating information into the network, wherein the container of updating information is configured to update at least one of firmware and software in electronic devices associated with the network; and downloading the container of updating information into the network from the source of updating information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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10. A system that facilitates a secure ingestion of updating information into a network, the system comprising:
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an ingestion interface in the network that registers a source of updating information in response to a registration request from the source, and provides the source of updating information with authentication information in response to the registering; and a repository device in the network that receives a request from the source of updating information, utilizing the provided authentication information, to transfer a container of updating information configured to update at least one of firmware and software in electronic devices associated with the network, and downloads the container of updating information from the source of updating information through the ingestion interface to the repository device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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20. An ingestion interface comprising:
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a computer-processor; wherein the computer-processor is configured to; register a source of updating information in response to a registration request from the source to the ingestion interface; provide the source of updating information with authentication information in response to the registering, wherein the source of updating information employs the authentication information when requesting a transfer of a container of updating information into a carrier network, wherein electronic devices are associated with the carrier network; facilitate secure downloading of the container of updating information into the carrier network from the source of updating information; and wherein the container of updating information is configured to update at least one of firmware and software in the associated electronic devices via the carrier network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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