Electronic Device Standby Mode for Software Updates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for updating embedded software in home electronic devices often disrupt user functionality and require significant reliability and security, leading to potential malfunctions and increased downtime, as they typically require user intervention and are not optimized for minimal disruption.
Innovation Solution
A method that detects the presence of a remote control device in a receptacle to configure the electronic device into a standby mode for software updates, allowing updates to occur when the device is not in use, using successive downloads of software portions and resuming updates when the remote control is repositioned, ensuring minimal disruption to the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If software updates are performed using existing methods requiring user intervention and high reliability measures, then update security and reliability are improved, but device downtime and user disruption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting remote control presence in advance and proactively entering standby mode before updates are needed. This anticipatory approach allows updates to be prepared and executed during naturally occurring idle periods, eliminating the need for user-initiated update sessions and reducing overall device downtime while maintaining security through pre-validated update packages.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device autonomously manages its own update process by self-detecting standby conditions through remote control presence, self-initiating update downloads and installation, and self-managing the transition between operational and update states. This eliminates dependency on user intervention while maintaining reliability through built-in validation mechanisms, thereby reducing device downtime without compromising update security.
2Reliability
If software updates are performed with high reliability and security measures, then update success rate is improved, but user functionality availability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation and preparation of update packages while the device is in standby mode, before user functionality is needed. Update packages are downloaded, validated, and staged in advance during idle periods, ensuring update success rate is maintained through pre-verification while user functionality remains fully available during normal operational periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically transitions between operational mode and update mode based on real-time detection of remote control presence. This dynamic state management allows the device to optimize between update reliability and user functionality availability by performing updates only when naturally idle, ensuring high update success rates without prolonged disruption to user operations.
3Ease of operation
If the device enters standby mode for updates when remote control is present, then user disruption is minimized, but update timing flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic checking of remote control presence in the receptacle, creating regular opportunities to enter standby mode for updates. This periodic monitoring maintains user disruption at minimum by only interrupting during naturally occurring idle periods while preserving timing flexibility through multiple potential update windows, allowing the device to adapt to varying user patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters (power state, network activity, processing mode) based on remote control presence detection. When the remote is present indicating idle time, parameters shift to enable updates; when absent, parameters return to normal operation. This parameter-based adaptation minimizes user disruption while maintaining flexibility to update whenever idle conditions occur.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for updating data and/or software embedded in an electronic device comprising a communication interface and being suitable to be controlled remotely by a remote control device, the electronic device comprises a mechanical casing cabinet and being configurable into at least one standby mode, said method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of detecting the presence of the remote control device in the receptacle for a determined period, of configuring the standby mode following the detection of the remote control device and of updating embedded data via the intermediary of the communication interface, the update being carried out according to the presence of the remote control device in the receptacle. The invention also relates to the device implementing the method.