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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Bradley Culter, Magnolia, TX (US);
Inventor:
Bradley Culter, Magnolia, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
In at least some embodiments, a computer system comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor. The computer system also comprises a network interface coupled to the processor. The memory stores a firmware composition tool that, when executed by the processor, is to build a composite image comprising an arbitrary number of firmware update images according to a set of format rules that enables a self-describing aggregation of the arbitrary number of firmware update images.