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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2004
Iyad Qumei, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Iyad Qumei, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an electronic device network having a plurality of associated electronic devices. The electronic devices may include an update agent adapted to decipher code and/or data segments. The update agent may also be adapted to modify and/or upgrade firmware and/or software components resident in the electronic devices by employing the deciphered code and/or data segments along with contents of an update. An update generator, resident in the electronic devices may employ deciphering techniques to the code and/or date segments to extract enciphered code and/or data segments. The update generator may also process the code and/or data segments to generate an update including difference information. The update generator may also be adapted to encipher difference information in the generated update.