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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026
Filed:
May. 01, 2024
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Dean Ballew, Sterling, VA (US);
John R.B. Woodworth, Amissville, VA (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for upgrading one or more managed devices in a network includes receiving, by a managed device, a device configuration update comprising an identifier for a beacon service. The method also includes causing a backup file for the first managed device to be generated and stored and updating the first managed device using the device configuration update. The method further includes detecting an expiration of a check-in timer and obtaining a beacon value from the beacon service. The method additionally includes determining, based on the beacon value, whether to undo the device configuration update using the backup file.
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