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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Catalin Visinescu, Kitchener, CA;

Byron Hummel, Kitchener, CA;

Zhi Jun Mo, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and software can be used to write system software on an electronic device. In some aspects, an instruction to write system software on an electronic device is received from a booting device that is different than the electronic device. In response to the instruction, a boot loader on the electronic device is invoked. A password is received from the booting device. Whether the received password matches a high level operating system (HLOS) password stored on the electronic device is determined. If the received password matches the HLOS password, the system software is written on the electronic device. If the received password does not match the HLOS password, the writing of the system software is halted.


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