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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2010
Michael D. Hocker, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Mark D. Marik, Denver, NC (US);
Jimmie R. Mayfield, Jr., Lexington, KY (US);
Michael D. Hocker, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Mark D. Marik, Denver, NC (US);
Jimmie R. Mayfield, Jr., Lexington, KY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Providing concurrent embedded application updates comprising a first computer processor for executing a first embedded application, the executing generating a first plurality of processing threads, the first computer processor coupled to a first storage location and a second storage location. The first computer processor configured to accept and process instructions from a host system, receive one or more notifications indicating that a second embedded application has been successfully loaded into one of the first storage location and the second storage location, terminate execution of the first plurality of processing threads in response to receiving the one or more notifications, and execute the second embedded application while continuing to accept instructions from the host system and without restarting in response to receiving the one or more notifications.