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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:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2021
Applicant:

GM Cruise Holdings Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Bradley Lohmeyer, Berkeley, CA (US);

Charles Z. Mooney, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GM Cruise Holdings LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 8/654 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/654 (2018.02); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject disclosure relates to techniques for updating a bootloader on a embedded device. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include steps for calculating a digest for an existing bootloader stored on the bootloader memory, determining if the digest for the existing bootloader matches a digest for a target bootloader, and copying the target bootloader to the bootloader memory, if the digest for the existing bootloader does not match the digest for the target bootloader. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.


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