449 results about "Firmware version" patented technology

A system and a method that uses a software application operable under a current firmware/operating system configuration to install a new firmware version without “compromising” the operating system are presented. The software application may configure a computer system to install a plurality of software fixes configured to enhance functionality under a new firmware/operating system environment after the firmware has been successfully upgraded. Such functionality enhancements may be associated with external peripherals, as well as, input/output circuit cards, processors, and the like. In addition, the software application may configure the computing device to “boot” under the new firmware/operating system environment upon subsequent system initializations. Furthermore, the software application permits the distribution of firmware upgrades via a network. The capability to install firmware remotely permits a system administrator to “push” the new firmware to a plurality of network coupled computing devices, thus avoiding manual intervention at each device.

Apparatus and methods are provided for updating firmware on a multimedia device. One method includes reading a firmware version from a memory card in a memory card reader of the multimedia device and selecting whether to update a firmware version in a memory of the multimedia device based on a comparison of the firmware version on the memory card to the firmware version in the memory of the multimedia device.

A method and controller device for upgrading the firmware in a virtualized storage environment having a first storage controller and a second storage controller, wherein each storage controller includes a first virtual machine, at least one second virtual machine and a storage device. The method includes upgrading the current firmware of the first virtual machine in the first storage controller to a new firmware version, upgrading the current firmware of the second virtual machine in the first storage controller to a new firmware version, upgrading the current firmware of the first virtual machine in the second storage controller, upgrading the current firmware of the second virtual machine in the second storage controller, and rolling back the firmware version of all virtual machines in the first and second storage controllers if the firmware upgrade of any of the virtual machines in the first and second storage controllers is not successful.

A method and controller device for upgrading firmware in a virtualized storage environment having a virtual machine manager, guest virtual machines and a storage device. The method includes downloading a new firmware solution bundle to a first logical area of the storage device, and installing the new firmware containing the virtual machine manager and guest virtual machines. The installation includes moving the solution bundle to a scratch area carved out of a P-cache area in the storage device, extracting the new firmware, copying the new firmware to the first logical area, marking the first logical area as the Active area, and marking the second logical area as the Staging area. The method also includes rebooting the virtualized storage environment with the installed new firmware, committing to the new firmware if the installation is successful, and rolling back the firmware version from the new firmware to the current firmware if the installation is not successful.

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing anti-rollback protection in a device which has no internal non-volatile memory are presented. One embodiment comprises of a device for providing anti-rollback protection. The device may obtain a firmware version number associated with a first firmware installation for the device, wherein the device is implemented on a substrate that includes no non-volatile memory. The device may obtain a lowest acceptable firmware version number, wherein the lowest acceptable firmware version number is stored in a secure element environment, wherein the secure element environment utilizes memory separated from the substrate. The device may compare the firmware version number and the lowest acceptable firmware version number, wherein if the firmware version number is less than the lowest acceptable firmware version number, then disallow the first firmware installation In at least one arrangement, the device comprises a near field communication (NFC) controller.

A hardware tracking system includes memory storage devices on tracked parts containing unique serial numbers, part numbers, revision numbers, and firmware versions. At power up and after a reset, a host computer or real-time subsystem downloads this information and compares it to the information stored in a central database. Changes in data in a central database log file indicate a replacement or update of the component, which is then used to automatically update the database. Each change causes the generation of a new record having date and time information attached thereto. These records are scanned to determine the system evolution. They are also compared to an error log and diagnostic history information to generate a cause versus effect occurring during troubleshooting. The system also tracks and records the number of times a part is removed and re-inserted, indicating shot-gunning of the system by field engineers.

A system and method for overcoming prior impediments to the downloading of microcode firmware to a target controller of a disk or tape storage unit where an Inquiry command determines the type of firmware required by the target controller while a selection means chooses an appropriately sized buffer array for temporarily storing the firmware. Additionally, a checkout is instituted to make sure the selected firmware is not merely another duplication of the existing resident firmware thus to prevent the unnecessary download of an already existing firmware version.

A data processing method and system according to the present invention in which a mass storage device (DASD) of a data processing system is partitioned to include a service partition. The service partition includes the current versions of peripheral device firmware, any BIOS extensions, and device drivers. During a system boot, the boot code will compare the firmware versions of all the peripheral devices against the archived firmware versions stored in the service partition. If a mismatch is detected, the system boot will typically force an update of the peripheral device firmware to the level that is known to be good. Any such firmware updates are recorded in a log that is accessible to system management applications. Any revisions to firmware may be imaged into the service partition so that the revised version will be incorporated into the peripheral device itself during the next subsequent system boot.

The invention relates to an optical module firmware program online upgrade method, comprising the following steps: S1, activating an upgrade identifier, and entering an upgrade mode; S2, receiving upgrade program command parameters; S3, receiving upgrade program data, and writing the upgrade program data into a corresponding application program partition after checking that the upgrade program data is correct; S4, checking the upgrade program data written into the corresponding application program partition, and trial-running the upgrade program after checking that the upgrade program data is correct; and S5, completing application program upgrade, retaining related application program upgrade information according to the result of trial run, and exiting from the upgrade mode. The problem that service is interrupted during online upgrade of an optical module is solved. Moreover, because of special design, the method supports a variety of communication interfaces, firmware with a greater number of codes and a function of firmware version fallback to the version before upgrade, and is applicable to 8051 series MCU online upgrade.

Firmware is updated over a network by providing an update server having a number of stored firmware files and a list file, the list file including entries uniquely identifying the identity and location of each of the firmware files. One networked device (e.g., a media player device) determines the current firmware version of a second networked device (e.g., a placeshifting device) via communication over the network and queries the update server as to the most recent version of the firmware file associated with the second networked device. If the most recent version is newer than the current firmware version, the first networked device downloads the most recent version of the firmware file and then uploads it to the second networked device.

The invention provides a method for installing mobile phone software by a mobile phone scanning a two-dimensional code. The method comprises the following steps: step 10, a mobile phone client scans a two-dimensional code containing characteristic value information, and analyzing the two-dimensional code to obtain the characteristic value information; step 20, the mobile phone client sends the analyzed characteristic value information, together with the mobile phone operating system information and firmware version information, to a server; step 30, the server performs matching operation on the software resource library of the server according to the characteristic value information, the mobile phone operating system information and the firmware version information, and sends the matching result to the mobile phone client; and step 40, the mobile phone client performs corresponding treatment according to the returned matching result. Through adoption of the method, the downloading mode can be selected or prompt operation is performed according to the operating system and firmware version of the mobile phone, and the information security after the analysis of the two-dimensional code is improved.

A print controlling device is provided. The present print controlling device includes a storage unit to store information regarding software or firmware installed in an image forming apparatus, a search unit to search and identify whether there is firmware version newer than or later than that installed in the image forming apparatus using the stored firmware information, a determination unit to determine whether the searched or identified firmware of the newer or latest version is compatible with an application program installed in the print controlling device using compatibility information when firmware of the newer or latest version is identified, an interface unit to request and receive firmware of the newer or latest version from a firmware providing server according to the determination result, and an upgrade unit to upgrade the firmware of the image forming apparatus using the received firmware of the newer or latest version.

The invention discloses a system and a method for realizing OTA upgrade of embedded hardware based on a block chain. The method comprises the following steps: constructing a P2P network topological structure comprising a plurality of service nodes downloaded by firmware; taking one service node as a first block node, and converting other service nodes in the P2P network into one block node on theblock chain one by one through a block chain consensus verification mechanism; storing the latest firmware software on the service node, and calculating the node content by using a Hash algorithm to obtain a Hash value of the service node; wherein the node content comprises feature information of the service node and firmware software stored on the service node; and the intelligent terminal downloads the corresponding hash value from the service node of the P2P network, carries out firmware version security verification according to the hash value, downloads and stores the verified firmware software, and upgrades the firmware software. The safe and credible P2P network topological structure is established by using the block chain technology, and the OTA upgrading reliability and safety ofthe intelligent terminal are improved.

A method and apparatus for upgrading firmware in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes activating a firmware recovery engine of a first portable terminal when an error occurs during a firmware upgrading process, searching, by the first portable terminal whose firmware recovery engine is activated, for a second portable terminal comprising the same firmware version as the first portable terminal, requesting, by the first portable terminal, a firmware recovery file to recover the firmware error from the second portable terminal, transmitting the firmware recovery file from the second portable terminal receiving the request of the firmware recovery file to the first portable terminal, and recovering the firmware in the first portable terminal, by using the received firmware recovery file.

A method of remote management in a network having a plurality of nodes to be managed by a remote controller has an agent device that makes initial contact with the remote controller in order to establish a connection with the remote controller. After the connection is established, the remote controller executes a discovery procedure through intermediation of the agent device for discovering the plurality of nodes. After executing the discovery procedure, the remote controller executes an identification procedure through intermediation of the agent device for identifying the discovered nodes, including identification of at least one characterizing parameter such as model, vendor, manufacturer, software version, hardware version, firmware version, serial number and MAC address.

The remote controller manages the discovered and identified nodes through intermediation of the agent device, by using managing procedures specific for the identified nodes.

The present invention is applicable to the technical field of communications, and provides an upgrading method and apparatus. The method comprises: searching for and obtaining information about to-be-upgraded firmware in a server by a device; upgrading the firmware at a set time according to the information about the to-be-upgraded firmware; sending firmware version information after the upgrading to the server, so that the server updates firmware version information of the device; when an intelligent terminal starts application software corresponding to the device, obtaining user information and software version information of the device; according to the user information and the software version information, performing upgrading by obtaining upgrading information of the application software from a device list corresponding to the user information and a mapping relationship table of device firmware versions versus application versions, wherein the device list and the mapping relationship table are recorded by the server. According to the method and the apparatus, the intelligent device can upgrade firmware thereof automatically, and the intelligent terminal can upgrade the application software used on the intelligent device to a most advanced version corresponding to the firmware version of the device.

A monitoring server that monitors an image forming apparatus and detects an error if any has occurred thereon, identifies a type of firmware that has caused the error, and issues an instruction for replacing a version of the identified type of firmware. The image forming apparatus issues, to a transmission server, a request for transmitting a replacement version of the identified type of firmware. The transmission server refers to a firmware version list table to determine another type of firmware whose version is to be replaced in association with the replacement version of the identified type of firmware. The transmission server transmits the replacement version of the identified type of firmware and the determined another type of firmware to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus receives each firmware transmitted from the transmission server and applies the received firmware to the image forming apparatus.

The invention relates to an automatic upgrading method and system of firmware version of an optical network unit (ONU). In the method, after ONU upgrading version documents are downloaded to an optical line terminal (OLT), the OLT transmits the upgrading version documents to the corresponding ONU through an Ethernet frame; and the automatic upgrading system comprises a webmaster server (EMS), the OLT and the ONU. The real time and the efficiency of the upgrading of the ONU firmware version are excellently improved and the intelligentized processing of the upgrading of the firmware version is realized.

A network system includes a first server on a service providing side, a second server on a service receiving side, and printer hosts and printers connected to a local network on the second server side. The second server stores information on printer driver versions installed to its printer hosts and firmware installed to its printers, and determines whether these are the latest versions by transmitting version information and the second server's company information to the first server. The first server stores the latest printer driver and firmware versions and information on companies to which they may be provided, and provides the second server with the latest versions when permitted and when they are newer than the version information transmitted from the second server.

The invention provides a firmware upgrade method and system. The method comprises the steps that a version upgrade instruction input by a user is obtained, wherein the version upgrade instruction at least comprises a device address of a target object; a version information access instruction is sent to the target object according to the device address; a firmware version number and a firmware code number, fed back by the target object according to the version information access instruction, of the target object are obtained; the latest version number corresponding to the firmware version number and an address url of firmware upgrade are obtained from a server corresponding to the target object, and a firmware application program corresponding to the latest firmware version number is stored in the address url of firmware upgrade; when an upgrade confirming instruction input by the user is obtained, a target device is controlled to access the address url of firmware upgrade, and the firmware application program stored in the address url of firmware upgrade is obtained and issued to the target object through the address url of firmware upgrade. Timely upgrade of the firmware version of the target device is achieved, and the user experience is improved.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a firmware upgrade method, a terminal and a server. The method comprises the steps that a firmware upgrade request is sent to the server by the terminal, so that based on the firmware upgrade request, the server returns response information to the terminal, wherein the firmware upgrade request at least carries terminal device information and terminal firmware version information; the terminal receives the response information from the server; when the terminal determines that the response information comprises an upgrade package download link or an upgrade package, firmware upgrade is conducted according to the upgrade package download link or the upgrade package; therefore, the terminal is subjected to one interaction with the server, so that the upgrade package or the upgrade package download link can be obtained, even when the channel quality of the wireless communication network between the terminal and the server is poorer, or when the electric quality of the terminal is lower, the terminal can also obtain the upgrade package or the upgrade package download link in time, and accordingly the possibility of successful firmware upgrade is improved.

The invention provides a method and a device for upgrading a firmware version. The method comprises the following steps of: downloading the firmware version of equipment to a local machine from a firmware version maintenance server by the service equipment according to information of the equipment, wherein the service equipment is used for providing firmware version upgrading service for the equipment; detecting that the equipment is connected to the service equipment; and transmitting the locally stored firmware version to the equipment. Through the method and the device, the user experience is improved.

The invention provides a firmware upgrading method and device of a chip. The firmware upgrading method includes the steps that a current firmware version number of the chip is acquired; a version number numerical value interval which the current firmware version number belongs to is determined; the model of the chip is judged according to the corresponding relation between a pre-configured version number numerical value interval and the model of the chip; a latest firmware version number corresponding to the model of the chip is inquired from a pre-configured firmware upgrading file storage path; when the firmware version corresponding to the latest firmware version number is higher than the firmware version corresponding to the current firmware version number, firmware upgrading operation to the chip is executed according to a firmware upgrading file corresponding to the latest firmware version number. According to the technical scheme, corresponding version number numerical value intervals are set for the chips of different models, the model of the current chip in equipment can be accurately recognized, and accordingly the firmware upgrading operation to the chip is achieved smoothly.