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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2007
Spencer Quin, Kitchener, CA;
Yongqian Gao, Kitchener, CA;
Spencer Quin, Kitchener, CA;
Yongqian Gao, Kitchener, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, ON, CA;
Abstract
According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus, for determining the state of a computing device is described, by first determining at least one unique code associated with at least one file resident on the computing device, the at least one unique code representative of a state of the at least one file. Then at least one unique reference code associated with at least one update file is determined, the at least one update file for updating said at least one file resident on the computing device, and the at least one unique reference code representative of an expected state of the at least one file resident on the computing device. Finally, the state of the computing device is determined to be in an expected state if the at least one unique code matches the at least one unique reference code, and in an unexpected state if the at least one unique code does not match the at least one unique reference code.