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Update management

  • US 9,754,096 B2
  • Filed: 10/02/2014
  • Issued: 09/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing an update package to a node in a mesh network comprising a set of nodes and a gateway node arranged to provide access to an update server via a second network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a data package information instance from each node of the set of nodes, each data package information instance identifying its respective node and a data package version of its respective node;

    querying, using each data package information instance, the update server;

    receiving an updated data package corresponding to the data package information instance in response to the query; and

    broadcasting the updated data package into the mesh network as a sequence of mesh messages, each mesh message in the sequence carrying an identifier of its respective node, the sequence of mesh messages broadcast at a rate that is based at least in part on a total memory available from the set of nodes.

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