Network for updating firmware and / or software in wireless communication devices
First Claim
1. A method of updating software in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- transmitting a software version identifier from said wireless communication device to a distribution environment, said software version identifier processed by said distribution environment to generate a software update for said wireless communication device;
receiving a software update or a software processing package into a pre-processing device from said distribution environment;
transmitting a software update from the pre-processing device to the wireless communication device by way of a local area network; and
updating said wireless communication device with said software update.
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Abstract
One or more methods and systems of updating software in wireless communication devices are presented. In one embodiment, software updates are generated by a generation environment and distributed by a distribution environment. One or more wireless communication devices receive one or more software updates from the distribution environment. In one embodiment, software updates are generated from processing performed at a pre-processing device such as a cable television set-top-box or a server of the distribution environment. A software processing package, provided by the generation environment, is used to generate such software updates for the one or more wireless communication device. One or more methods of provisioning and billing wireless communication devices are also presented.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of updating software in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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transmitting a software version identifier from said wireless communication device to a distribution environment, said software version identifier processed by said distribution environment to generate a software update for said wireless communication device; receiving a software update or a software processing package into a pre-processing device from said distribution environment; transmitting a software update from the pre-processing device to the wireless communication device by way of a local area network; and updating said wireless communication device with said software update. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26)
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21. A method of distributing one or more software updates to a plurality of wireless communication devices, the method comprising:
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receiving, in a pre-processing device, at least a portion of software from at least one of the plurality of wireless communication devices; receiving, in the pre-processing device from a generation environment, the one or more software updates; pre-processing the at least a portion of software in the pre-processing device using the one or more software updates, the pre-processing producing updated software; and transmitting said one or more software updates from the pre-processing device to the at least one of the plurality of wireless communication devices using a wireless air interface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method of backing up software of a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
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transmitting, over a wireless air interface, a portion of said software from memory in a wireless communication device of a user to a storage device in a distribution environment or a pre-processing device; determining that said portion of said software should be restored to said wireless communication device; and wirelessly receiving said portion of said software from said storage device and re-writing said portion of said software into said memory of said wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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27. An apparatus, comprising:
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a wireless air interface; a memory device; and hardware coupled to the wireless air interface and to the memory device to execute software; wherein upon executing the software, the hardware receives into the memory device at least a portion of software from a wireless communication devices, receives an executable software processing package from a generation environment, executes the software processing package to reconfigure the at least a portion of software to generate reconfigured software, and transmits the reconfigured software to the wireless communication device via a wireless air interface.
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