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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8434079 | Preparation for software on demand system A method prepares a computer program for operation in a computer supply system that supplies portions, or program units, of program code or program data of the computer program as the program needs the portions. The method includes defining a program unit of the pro... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8429642 | Viral updating of software based on neighbor software information A computer-implemented method for virally updating software in a networked computer including performing neighbor computer discovery using the networked computer to ascertain neighbor computers and ascertaining, using the networked computer, whether any of the neigh... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8429643 | Secure upgrade of firmware update in constrained memory A hardware-based security module may contain executable code used to manage the electronic device in which the security module resides. Because the security module may have limited memory, a memory update process is used that allows individual blocks to be separatel... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423993 | Systems and methods for managing software patches Embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing software patches. Embodiments incorporate a patch server that collects aggregate patch history information from a community of software application users. The set of available patches for a given software applic... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418168 | Method and system for performing a software upgrade on an electronic device connected to a computer A method for performing a software upgrade on an electronic device connected to a computer includes displaying a web page including a scripting language within an Internet browser on the computer, the Internet browser including a scripting engine for executing the s... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8407690 | Method in a network of the delivery of files A method in a network of the delivery of files from a server computer (101) to a client computer (102) in which the client computer is polling the server computer looking to see in the server if at least one new file associated with this client compute... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8402455 | Methods and systems for distributing firmware through an over-the-air network Systems and methods for over-the-air firmware distribution to battery-powered devices are disclosed. Such over-the-air distribution is accomplished, for example, using a non-battery-powered device as a buffer, for example, to reduce or eliminate the delay time of th... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8392909 | Synchronizing vital product data for computer processor subsystems A computer processor subsystem, e.g. called a “target”, in response to receiving an update to vital product data of the system from a source computer processor subsystem, examines the update to detect the vital product data of the target computer processor subsy... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8375385 | Techniques for parallel drive upgrade while maintaining host accessibility Described are techniques for performing a firmware update. A drive management object determines one or more physical drives matching criteria of a first received request. The drive management object sends to provision drive objects a second request to update firmwar... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8375384 | Apparatuses, methods and systems for a social networking application updater Software on a client device receives a notification from a server of the availability of an update for an application that is a multi-user social networking application. The software determines whether the state for a live process has been saved by the server. The s... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8370828 | Techniques to perform gradual upgrades Techniques to perform gradual upgrades are described. An apparatus may include a database with a data set for a first version of an application program, and a computing device to couple to the database. The computing device may have a processor and memory, with the ... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8365162 | Method and device arrangement for managing the use profile of a terminal device A method, device arrangement, server, terminal device, and a computer program product for changing the use profile of a single terminal device of a cellular network are described. In the method, a server is connected to a telecommunications network, which sends to a... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8352935 | System for creating a customized software distribution based on user requirements A customized distribution, e.g. of Linux software, is built using only packages that satisfy a customer's individual requirements. The packages are verified, at build time, to be interoperable at run-time. Also, the distribution is verified to ensure all package dep... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8336043 | Dynamic deployment of custom code A method and system for dynamically downloading custom code for execution within a host application is provided. A deployment system augments the manifest used for deploying managed applications to include information describing how the host application is to use th... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8332837 | Installation method, information processing apparatus and device driver In response to a request from a client for the download installation of a device driver, device informational data that has been registered in a server and an installation set, which also has been registered in the server and includes the device driver and applicati... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8332839 | Method and system for modifying firmware image settings within data storage device controllers Embodiments of the invention include a method for modifying firmware settings within a data storage controller, such as a data storage controller used in a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) storage array. The method includes extracting a sub-module from a ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8332838 | Systems and methods for updating device software Methods and systems for updating device software are disclosed, including a method for updating an information handling system, the method comprising: rebooting the information handling system; loading operational software for operating the information handling syst... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8332840 | Method of computer based data card software downloading and updating The present invention relates to a method of computer based data card software downloading and updating, in which, the data card connects with computer via data communication interface and acts the power on initial process at same time, the data card downloads softw... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8327348 | System and method for generating a device 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... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8321468 | Web-based asset management The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for replacing, implementing and managing computer-related assets. A technician accesses the World Wide Web through a user's computer. The information resident on the computer, including in... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8321858 | Systems and methods for providing software updates The present invention comprises systems and methods, and computer readable media comprising the methods, for updating software applications. The systems and methods of the present invention provide automation and flexibility to the updating process. Processor usage ... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8316364 | Peer-to-peer software update distribution network A software package of interest is identified, and information about a latest version of the package is retrieved. Then, data corresponding to the latest version are downloaded from a peer-to-peer network, and the downloaded package is installed. Alternative methods ... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8312444 | Method for optimizing memory modules for user-specific environments A method for altering and preferably optimizing the performance of system memory of a computer system. The method includes identifying the motherboard and the memory module of the computer system, and then searching multiple SPD update files associated with multiple... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8307356 | Safety controller and method for loading a new operating program onto the safety controller The invention relates to a safety controller and to a method for loading a new operating program onto such a safety controller. The safety controller has an input module for automatically reading process signals, a failsafe signal processing module for automatically... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8302090 | Configurable indicating device and method for monitoring and control in fluid systems An apparatus for monitoring and/or controlling a fluid system includes a housing having at least one display mounted thereon and a sensor interface that includes at least one sensor configured to output signals corresponding to a sensed fluid characteristic. A compu... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8296756 | Patch cycle master records management and server maintenance system A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for managing the deployment of software patch updates on a plurality of computers in an enterprise computer network during a patch cycle wherein each computer receives and installs periodic software patch update... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8296757 | Copy protection of software and/or data Autorun functionality is incorporated into a portable device such as a flash drive, a wireless adapter, a communication adapter, or any USB peripheral device. The portable device is connectable to a computing device (e.g. USB). The portable device may act as a secur... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8271971 | System and method for automated program updating in a remote appliance Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising communicating with a program update server to determine if a program update is available, communicating a response with the program update server indicating that the program update is available from the progra... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8271972 | Method and apparatus for updating of software in and/or collection operational data of in situ equipment An update/upgrade concept which regards a convenient procedure for making updates or upgrades of control software and/or configuration data available to microcontroller-based hardware of machine units in the field without requirement of special tools and experience.... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8266613 | Image forming apparatus, program updating system, and program updating program A multi-functional peripheral (MFP) can communicate with a server storing plural kinds of update programs together with update information including updated states of plural kinds of functions, and includes a flash memory to store an execution program, a function ex... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8261256 | System and method for automatically updating the software of a networked personal audiovisual device 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 fu... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8261257 | Method and apparatus for transferring firmware between an operating system and a device in a host A host system includes an operating system having a user space and a kernel space with a memory. A device driver performs download cycles to download a firmware file from the user space to the memory. The download cycles are performed based on blocks of data remaini... | 09/04/2012 |
| 8250567 | Robust firmware upgrade in a network terminal The present invention concerns a network terminal, and method in a broadband terminal for upgrading a firmware, said terminal comprising an interface to a network and a non volatile memory adapted to store only one version of the firmware, the firmware comprising a ... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8250565 | System and method for downloading update packages into a mobile handset in a carrier network Aspects of the present invention may be seen in a system and method for downloading update packages into an electronic device communicatively coupled to a carrier network. The system may facilitate the update of firmware/software in the electronic device. Different ... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8250566 | Automated software upgrade and distribution A method for an automated upgrade of hardware devices of a specialized network, such as wireless communication devices or automated teller machines, with new software programs is described. The upgrade is performed over the network and is controlled by a control cen... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8245220 | Method and apparatus for updating software in radio terminal device A method for updating software in a radio terminal device of a mobile communication system, wherein a base station and radio terminal devices are connected mutually through radio communication channels, including the steps of notifying version information on a contr... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8239853 | Method of displaying attachment file list in mobile communication terminal, method of downloading and uploading attachment file using e-mail protocol, and mobile communication terminal for performing the same A method of displaying an attachment file list in a mobile communication terminal comprises receiving a message, selecting an attachment file list view menu in order to check entire attachment files comprised in the message, and extracting the attachment files compr... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8230416 | System, method and article of manufacture for using shadow installations of software modules during distributed system upgrade A method, system and article of manufacture for upgrade of a software module executed in a distributed software computer system using shadow installations of software modules for minimum downtime. A first software module is executed on a first host and a second soft... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8230415 | On-demand advertising of software packages A network system includes an access control device and a client device. The access control device provides access to an enterprise network using a virtual private network (VPN) and provides a software update package to the client device. The client device includes a... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8225305 | Delivering software product updates via a response file A method, system, and computer program product for efficiently providing software product updates in a client's computer system. A Software Product Update (SPU) utility initiates the software update process by downloading a response file. The response file comprises... | 07/17/2012 |
