Method and system for automatic firmware updates in a portable hand-held device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8214821
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10871085

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A method for automatically updating firmware of a hand-held device. To initiate the automatic update, a reset of the hand-held device is detected and an update application is executed. The update application determines whether a flag, indicating a pervious execution of the update application, has been set. If the flag is set, the update application terminates, otherwise, the update application performs an identification test by determining whether a device ID of the device matches a device ID stored in a table of the update application. If the device ID does not match, the update application terminates and the flag is set. If the device ID matches, the update application updates the firmware of the hand-held device, sets the flag, and terminates. In so doing, the firmware of the hand-held device is updated without requiring user intervention or interaction.

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  • ACCESS CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bartel, Mark Allen Federal Way, US 3 112
Elliot, Katherine Seattle, US 1 5
Johnson, Ken Renton, US 32 330
Skinner, Craig Snohomish, US 30 241

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