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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2005
Sunil Marolia, Dana Point, CA (US);
Sunil Marolia, Dana Point, CA (US);
Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A network for mass broadcast of update packages to electronic devices makes it possible to efficiently broadcast update packages for configuration, firmware and software updates. A broadcast server in the network employs broadcast means to broadcast update packages. An electronic device capable of receiving these broadcast update packages comprises a listening client that is capable of listening to a broadcast channel and downloading an update package broadcast by the broadcast server. The listening client makes use of a listening parameters that are set by the DM server in order to facilitate the download from the broadcast server.