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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Bindu Rama Rao, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Glenn Hamasaki, Jr., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Sunil Marolia, Dana Point, CA (US);
Bindu Rama Rao, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Glenn Hamasaki, Jr., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Sunil Marolia, Dana Point, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a network having a customizable update generator and electronic devices having customizable updating software adapted to dynamically incorporate support for new instruction extensions in an existing instruction set. The customizable generator may be adapted to generate updates employing instruction sets executable by the customizable updating software in the electronic devices. The customizable updating software may be adapted to be dynamically enhanced and to support an enhanced instruction set. The updating software may be adapted to retrieve a complementary updating component during execution of an update. The electronic device may be adapted to employ at least one of several available and retrieved complementary update components during execution of an update. In conjunction with retrieved complementary update components, the updating software may be adapted to update the firmware, the software, the operating system, and other application components while employing an appropriate update to the electronic device.