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Wireless programming

  • US 9,307,347 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2012
  • Issued: 04/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • a first user device wirelessly receiving an update to at least one of software, firmware, and content, and receiving distribution information for distributing the update to at least a second user device, wherein the distribution information comprises a list of multiple user devices including the second user device;

    installing the update in the first user device;

    initiating, by the first device, a waking of the at least second user device from an idle state prior to wirelessly flashing the update, wherein the second user device is located within sale packaging;

    wirelessly flashing, by the first user device, the update to a memory of at least the second user device according to the received distribution information so that the same update received wirelessly and installed on the first user device is installed on the second user device depending on the received distribution information, wherein the update is wirelessly transmitted by the first user device located outside the sale packaging and received and installed while the second user device is inside the sale packaging eliminating a need to unpack the second user device from the sale packaging to install the update, wherein the first user device wirelessly flashes the update to fewer than all others of the multiple user devices in the list, and additionally provides the list to each other user device to which the first user device wirelessly flashes the update for further distributing the update among the multiple user devices.

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