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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2014
System and method for automatically updating the software of a networked personal audiovisual device
Bby Solutions, Inc., Richfield, MN (US);
Steven Michael Adler, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph B. Grand, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Shane Huang, Singapore, SG;
Duane Stewart Maxwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth Earl Steele, San Diego, CA (US);
Stephen L. Tomlin, San Diego, CA (US);
BBY SOLUTIONS, INC., Richfield, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically updating software executed by an electronic device is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, at the electronic device, an update indication from a server that updated software is available for the electronic device. The method further includes modifying, in response to the update indication, a boot state of the electronic device and initiating operation of the electronic device in an update mode. The updated software is received, at the electronic device, during operation in the update mode. The method further includes initiating, upon determining the updated software has been correctly received, operation of the electronic device in a normal mode.