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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:
May. 25, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2004
Applicants:

James P. Gustafson, Irvine, CA (US);

Shao-chun Chen, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Toni Pakarinen, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);

DO P. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Sunil Marolia, Dana Point, CA (US);

Karl W. Hammerberg, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

James P. Gustafson, Irvine, CA (US);

Shao-Chun Chen, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Toni Pakarinen, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);

Do P. Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);

Sunil Marolia, Dana Point, CA (US);

Karl W. Hammerberg, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A mobile handset in a mobile services network, with access to a plurality of services including a firmware/software update service, is also capable of updating its update agent using an appropriate update package. The update package is retrieved from an update package repository via a management server. In one embodiment, the existing update agent is copied to a backup section before the update agent itself is updated. On the subsequent reboot, the new update agent is employed unless it is determined that it is corrupted or ineffective, in which case the old update agent is reactivated.


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