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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7814479 | Simultaneous download to multiple targets Provided are a techniques for processing a download. Under control of a first target device, a download command is received via a first communication medium that indicates that an update is to be downloaded. The download command is issued to a second target device v... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814478 | Methods and apparatus for use in updating application programs in memory of a network device An illustrative method of the present application is for use in updating an application program in memory of a network device. An application program having a length L1 is initially stored in memory of the network device from a memory address A1 to a m... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810088 | Apparatus and method for performing a fail-safe over-the-air software update in a mobile station A wireless communication device capable of downloading a software update file from a wireless network. The wireless communication device comprises a non-volatile memory that is re-programmed by sectors. The non-volatile memory stores: i) a target file to be updated,... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805720 | Autorun for integrated circuit memory component Autorun functionality is incorporated into an integrated circuit memory device such as any USB peripheral, which has a memory component interfaced to a USB microcontroller. This provides autorun of one or more executables or application installers from a memory comp... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802246 | Systems and methods that facilitate software installation customization The present invention facilitates customizing software installation such as software updates for a user interface (UI) of a mobile communication device. The systems and methods of the present invention utilize a component that receives software updates (e.g., releas... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793283 | Communication terminal software updating method, communication terminal, and software updating method The method of the present invention is an update method of a software which is stored in a rewritable non-volatile memory of a communication terminal and is directly executed. The method comprises: an update file transfer step in which an update software is transfer... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7761866 | Software updating method and radio communication apparatus A radio communication apparatus to be changed in function by software, when downloading software from a download server, first downloads software limited in operation and then configures a software radio section. After the configuration and the operation confirmatio... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757227 | Dynamic multilingual resource support for applications A download component queries a computer containing an application for requesting resources to determine languages associated with the computer. The download component then accesses the remote database and conducts a match between the queried languages on the compute... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752618 | Apparatus and method for remote DLL linking of software upgrades for a wireless mobile station A software upgrade server that remotely links a software upgrade file as a DLL and transmits the DLL to a mobile station via a wireless network. The mobile station comprises a memory for storing the software file and a controller that communicates with the software ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739681 | Delayed application installation Techniques for delaying the installation of an application are presented. An installation is downloaded to a portable device. The installation is associated with an application, which is to be loaded onto the portable device. The installation is delayed after downlo... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7716661 | Embedded device update service A method and system for updating an OS of an embedded device. The embedded device provides its current OS version information to a mobile operation network via a SMS message. The embedded device can provide its current OS version information to a mobile operation ne... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716662 | System and method for generating a set top box code download step sequence A method for generating a Set Top Box (STB) code download step sequence includes the steps of retrieving a code object from a Software Download Generator (SDG) memory in response to an instruction signal, generating at least one of a control message and a decoder co... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716660 | Method and system for downloading updates Embodiments of the present invention provide the ability for a software provider to distribute software updates to several different recipients utilizing a peer-to-peer environment. The invention described herein may be used to update any type of software, including... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7694294 | Task template update based on task usage pattern The usefulness of task templates can be maintained in a number of ways. Task templates can be updated on a client server from a remote task update server by initiating communication with the remote task update server, selecting a task template from a list of availab... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689984 | Client-server data execution flow A system may scan various reporting services and application manufacturers' websites for recent security upgrades, hot fixes, and service packs. The system may then retrieve these patches and automatically apply these patches on every computer within the corporate n... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676804 | Systems and method for remotely modifying software on a work machine A method and system are provided to perform a process of wirelessly providing software updates to a target module located in a work machine. In one embodiment, the process includes determining whether a software update condition exists for software stored in the tar... | 03/09/2010 |
| RE41162 | Method for providing scaleable restart and backout of software upgrades for clustered computing Platform and/or application software on all online, machine/servers in a cluster is updated without manually taking each machine/server offline. Initially, platform and/or application software for updating is stored in respective directories in an APPLY phase. Next,... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669198 | On-demand translator for localized operating systems A method of testing a computer program written for use in a foreign language can include identifying text presented upon a display screen, wherein the text is in a first language, and automatically acquiring the text from the display screen. The text can be translat... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665083 | Method and apparatus for supporting context links for application program text Methods and apparatus are provided for supporting text-based context links for application programs. In some embodiments, an application executing on a first computer system may receive a request to open a context link to a text element in a document. The applicatio... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7640541 | In-system reconfiguring of hardware resources In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining if a system is compatible with an upgrade to a hardware resource of the system, receiving instructions from a remote server to upgrade the hardware resource if the system is compatible, and p... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7624393 | Computer application and methods for autonomic upgrade maintenance of computer hardware, operating systems and application software The present invention provides methods and a computer-readable program for providing autonomic, event driven upgrade maintenance of one or more software modules residing on a computer system. In a preferred embodiment, a method begins by detecting a predefined trigg... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614048 | System and method for automated software distribution in a fiber optic network A system for automated software distribution to network elements in a fiber-optic network is disclosed. The system contacts multiplexors, which communicate with a central office, and checks the status of software stored on a plurality of firmware cards located in th... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7536685 | Method of updating firmware A method of updating firmware for a product by downloading the updated firmware and automatically diagnosing download errors when processing customer requests to update the firmware. The method is provided by starting provision of the firmware file to a user device ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7523451 | Method for processing updated application data in headend or terminal of digital data broadcasting system Provided is a method for processing updated data of an application in a headend or a subscriber's terminal of a digital data broadcasting system. The method of the present research forms updated object modules and non-updated object modules among the objects of the ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516451 | Maintaining mobile device electronic files including using difference files when upgrading A mobile device is provided that includes a first processor coupled among at least one additional processor and a communication device for use in maintaining electronic files of the device. The mobile device can, for example, be a cellular telephone. The mobile devi... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512941 | Method and system for distributing and updating heterogeneous resources Methods, systems and apparatus for distributing and updating resources. An example method comprising the steps of: a resource producer registering a resource and a resource plug-in with a first server, and submitting a resource patch thereto when a resource update o... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512940 | Methods and apparatus for downloading and/or distributing information and/or software resources based on expected utility A resource download process is provided which includes accepting and/or determining evidence about user based factors, accepting and/or determining resource based factors, and maximizing the expected value of downloading resources. A resource distribution process is... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506335 | Method and apparatus for software loading and initialization in a distributed network A method for software loading and initialization in a distributed network of nodes. A master node provides a node information database and a software package database. A node performing an initial boot requests a boot image and software package download from the mas... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7493613 | Object framework and services for periodically recurring operations A computer system includes an object oriented framework that provides a set of application integration interfaces that support programmatic updating operations for maintaining locally stored copies of resources such as hypertext document pages from remote servers on... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493612 | Embedded system and related method capable of automatically updating system software An embedded system and method capable of automatically updating system software. The embedded system includes a first storage device for storing a first system software and a boot image; a microcontroller coupled to the first storage device for respectively converti... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7472386 | Method for utilizing remote data access to provide engineering tool services A method and system for generating programming code and/or configuration data for programmable controller and the networks on which they operate is disclosed. In one embodiment, programming code is generated on a centralized server having a web-enabled engineering t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7467379 | System and method for incrementally executing a client/server application A system and method for incrementally executing a client/server application leveraging existing communications network infrastructure having at least one client computer and at least one server computer. The system includes a server component comprising a plurality ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7448032 | Method and apparatus for integration of URL into standard file systems Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for integration of URL's into standard file systems of a local computer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the file system (e.g., a Uniform File System (UFS)) of a local computer i... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7430735 | Method, system, and computer program product for providing a software upgrade in a network node A software upgrade in a network node that includes primary and secondary control modules is provided by downloading a computer software upgrade onto the secondary control module, selecting the computer software upgrade to use on reboot of the secondary control modul... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430743 | System and method for hosting an application in one of a plurality of execution environments Described is a mechanism for executing a hosted application in either a browser-execution environment or as a standalone application. The invention provides a mechanism that enables hosting code in either of plural hosting environments. Briefly stated, code is creat... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426727 | Delayed uploading of user registration data A client computer collects registration information regarding a user and/or the client computer and attempts to upload the collected information to a remote registration system. The client computer stores the registration information locally and delays uploading of ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426633 | System and method for reflashing disk drive firmware There is provided a system and a method for reflashing disk drive firmware. Specifically, there is provided a method comprising storing a firmware flash image in a storage area on a disk drive, initiating power-on self test operations for the computer, and reflashin... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424707 | Method for automatic updating of software A method for automatically updating software which is used for updating software which is running on a system, by using new software modules, these software modules first being tested, and application modules then being derived from these software modules. The actua... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7398331 | Peripheral apparatus, firmware updating method thereof for determining whether an error has occurred during the installation of a rewrite operation A peripheral apparatus reserves and stores, on a nonvolatile storage medium, a first storage area which stores a control program for implementing a function of the peripheral apparatus, and a second storage area which stores a rewrite program for rewriting the contr... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392518 | Robust remote flash ROM upgrade system and method The present invention is a solution that provides reliable and robust boot upgrade system and method. A power up boot process is performed in which a boot update application monitors for an indication of available update information and an update setup process is en... | 06/24/2008 |
