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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Vtech Telecommunications Limited, Hong Kong, CN;

Inventors:

Kaz Kylheku, Vancouver, CA;

Ralph Tischler, Richmond, CA;

Gary Louie, Vancouver, CA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 16/21 (2019.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/219 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distributed file management method for a multicell wireless communication network, including: monitoring a shared database to determine, for each wireless terminal of a set of wireless terminals: localization status information, version information of a stored file, and terminal type; updating the localization status information of the set when a new terminal localizes to the base station or a terminal in the set roams away from the base station; comparing, for each terminal of the set, the version information of the stored file and the terminal type to a version identifier and a file type, respectively, of an update file received by the base station to define a set of terminal update candidates; broadcasting the update file to corresponding ones of the set of terminal update candidates, based on a respective file type and a respective terminal type, to initiate an upgrade phase of each of the terminal upgrade candidates.


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