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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
Shao-chun Chen, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Patrick O'neill, Dana Point, CA (US);
Peter L. Sotos, Orange, CA (US);
Jeong M. Lim, Seoul, KR;
Sidney Andrew Jacobi, San Marcos, CA (US);
Shao-Chun Chen, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Patrick O'Neill, Dana Point, CA (US);
Peter L. Sotos, Orange, CA (US);
Jeong M. Lim, Seoul, KR;
Sidney Andrew Jacobi, San Marcos, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method to effectively and efficiently update a version of firmware resident in a device memory is provided. A method of identifying one or more versions of firmware is provided by way of initializing a device memory with a known pattern. In addition, the amount of free unused memory space may be identified and calculated in a device memory. The system and method generates software update packages that are minimal in size providing cost benefit to a manufacturer and convenience to a user.