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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 11, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mark Allen Butler, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Robert Marten Bultman, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Mark Brian, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for updating a software configuration of one or more control boards of an appliance are provided. For instance, a payload image file can be received. The payload image file can comprise a plurality of update images that include software configuration data for an appliance control board associated with an appliance group. Configuration data associated with a plurality of control boards present in a target appliance can be received. An appliance payload associated with the target appliance can be determined based at least in part on the configuration data. The appliance payload can include one or more update images to be associated with the target appliance.