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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffrey R. Hobbet, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey R. Hobbet, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 11/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for updating firmware on a storage device. The apparatus includes a detection module and an update module. The detection module detects, during a boot sequence, an indicator of an available update of firmware controlling a storage device. The available update is stored on non-volatile storage media of the storage device. The update module updates the storage device with the available update in response to the detection module detecting the indicator of the available update.


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