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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
James G. Cavalaris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Adam Lenart, Seattle, WA (US);
Chad R. Siefert, Seattle, WA (US);
David J. Roth, Redmond, WA (US);
Cameron S. Brodeur, Redmond, WA (US);
James A. Schwartz, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Eric F. Nelson, Woodinville, WA (US);
James G. Cavalaris, Kirkland, WA (US);
Adam Lenart, Seattle, WA (US);
Chad R. Siefert, Seattle, WA (US);
David J. Roth, Redmond, WA (US);
Cameron S. Brodeur, Redmond, WA (US);
James A. Schwartz, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Eric F. Nelson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A firmware update system is described that collectively handles firmware updates for hardware resources of a computing device. The firmware update system may be configured to handle firmware updates in a consistent manner across different computing platforms/architectures. A data structure is defined to associate each updateable resource with a corresponding identifier to enumerate the updateable resources to the firmware update system. The firmware update system may reference the data structure to produce representations of the each individual resource that provide an operating system level abstraction through which detection, analysis, acquisition, deployment, installation, and tracking of firmware updates is managed. Using the representations, the firmware update system operates to discover available firmware updates collectively for the enumerated resources, match the updates to appropriate resources, and initiate installation of the updates.