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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
Getac Technology Corporation, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chien-Chih Hu, Taipei, TW;
GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
An automatic firmware update method for an embedded system includes establishing wireless communication between an application layer of the embedded system and a remote server, detecting a version of firmware stored in the remote server corresponding to the embedded system while the wireless communication is established, downloading the firmware in a new version and an update policy when the firmware in the new version is available, storing the downloaded firmware in the new version and the downloaded update policy in a storage unit, issuing an update notification according to an update object of the downloaded firmware in the new version, reading the update policy according to the update notification, and performing an update procedure for updating the firmware to the new version according to the read update policy.