Device management in a network
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1. A method for updating an electronic device over a network comprising:
- sending information for updating the electronic device over the network;
retrieving information from an interchangeable circuit card in the electronic device; and
determining whether processing of information for updating the electronic device is allowed based on a comparison between a portion of the information for updating the electronic device and a corresponding portion of the information from the interchangeable circuit card, wherein the portion of the information for updating the electronic device includes a set of Firmware-Over-the-Air (FOTA) credentials and wherein the corresponding portion of the information from the interchangeable circuit card includes the set of FOTA credentials, and updating the electronic device if a condition flag in the set of FOTA credentials is set to allow.
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Abstract
Methods and devices supporting the management of a plurality of electronic devices and processing of update information for updating software and/or firmware in the electronic devices. Prompting of users may be made using a language associated with the electronic device, and authorization to update an electronic device may be secured using a subscriber identity module.
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1. A method for updating an electronic device over a network comprising:
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sending information for updating the electronic device over the network; retrieving information from an interchangeable circuit card in the electronic device; and determining whether processing of information for updating the electronic device is allowed based on a comparison between a portion of the information for updating the electronic device and a corresponding portion of the information from the interchangeable circuit card, wherein the portion of the information for updating the electronic device includes a set of Firmware-Over-the-Air (FOTA) credentials and wherein the corresponding portion of the information from the interchangeable circuit card includes the set of FOTA credentials, and updating the electronic device if a condition flag in the set of FOTA credentials is set to allow. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for updating an electronic device over a network executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
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develop an update package for the electronic device; place a signature into the update package wherein the signature in the update package corresponds to a signature in an interchangeable circuit card in the electronic device, wherein the signature is unique to a system operator that operates the system on which the electronic device functions; store the update package in an update server; and send the update package to the electronic device over the network, wherein the signature in the update package and the signature in the interchangeable circuit card are used to permit a secure update of the electronic device using the update package, wherein the signature in the update package and the signature in the interchangeable circuit card is validated by the system operator and the update packages is rejected if the validation fails. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic device comprising:
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at least one processor operable to communicate over a network; non-volatile memory operably coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the non-volatile memory comprises code executable by the at least one processor to receive and process information for updating firmware and/or software in the electronic device; interface circuitry for operably coupling the at least one processor to a user interchangeable circuit card; and wherein the executable code causes at least a portion of the information for updating the firmware and/or software in the electronic device to be compared to a corresponding portion of information in the user interchangeable circuit card to determine whether processing of information for updating the firmware and/or software in the electronic device is allowed, wherein the at least a portion of the information for updating the firmware and/or software in the electronic device includes a set of Firmware-Over-the-Air (FOTA) credentials and wherein the corresponding portion of the information from the user interchangeable circuit card includes the set of FOTA credentials, and updating the firmware and/or software in the electronic device if a condition flag in the set of FOTA credentials is set to allow. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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