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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Jerome A. Mouton, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Van Truong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William P. Buckley, San Jose, CA (US);
Jerome A. Mouton, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Van Truong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William P. Buckley, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
What is disclosed is a method of updating a message from a first version to an upgraded version by chaining through intermediate versions, including the steps of receiving an update message having a first version format, and repeatedly generating a revised update message having a next most recent version format based on the update message until a final update message having an upgraded version format is generated. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.