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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2007
Daphna Zeilingold, San Diego, CA (US);
Philippe Bergman, San Diego, CA (US);
Sapna Mehta, San Diego, CA (US);
Vandana Gopal, San Diego, CA (US);
Wilfred Sakai, Poway, CA (US);
Lawrence Alldredge, La Jolla, CA (US);
Drew Kerwin, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel A. Deninger, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Daphna Zeilingold, San Diego, CA (US);
Philippe Bergman, San Diego, CA (US);
Sapna Mehta, San Diego, CA (US);
Vandana Gopal, San Diego, CA (US);
Wilfred Sakai, Poway, CA (US);
Lawrence Alldredge, La Jolla, CA (US);
Drew Kerwin, San Diego, CA (US);
Daniel A. Deninger, Carlsbad, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a system and methods for upgrading software on a mobile terminal. The system includes a network management computer (NMC) adapted to receive a plurality of software upgrades and to transmit one of the plurality of software upgrades to one of a plurality of mobile terminals through a satellite link. The mobile terminal can include an upgradeable component, which in turn includes a detachable device descriptor (DDD) corresponding to operating characteristics of the upgradeable component. According to the present invention, the NMC is adapted to transmit the one of a plurality of software upgrades to the mobile terminal in response to the DDD of the upgradeable component. Methods employing similar features and advantages are also disclosed herein.