发明名称 Method and device for upgrading software in a consumer product
摘要 A non-volatile storage device and consumer product are provided which co-operate to upgrade the software in the consumer product where the consumer product stores predetermined information regarding the consumer product on the storage device. The storage device is transferred to a computer product connected to the Internet. The predetermined information is used to acquire upgrade software from a remote server automatically without the user requiring detailed knowledge of the consumer product. The upgrade software is stored on the storage device, which is then transferred back to the consumer product. The consumer product upgrades the software using the upgrade software.
申请公布号 US8826259(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.09.02
申请号 US200712438585 申请日期 2007.08.24
申请人 Koninklijke Philips N.V. 发明人 Grover Rajesh;Koster Jeroen;Steenblik Jeroen;Husain Imran
分类号 G06F9/44;G06F9/445 主分类号 G06F9/44
代理机构 Jones Day 代理人 Jones Day
主权项 1. A method for upgrading software in a consumer product, the method comprising acts of: upon insertion of a non-volatile storage device into the consumer product, detecting a predetermined identifier on the non-volatile storage device inserted into the consumer product, the predetermined identifier indicating that the non-volatile storage device supports functionality of the consumer product;storing predetermined information regarding the consumer product on the non-volatile storage device when the predetermined identifier is detected, wherein the predetermined information comprises an identifier of a product type of the consumer product; upon insertion of the non-volatile storage device into a computer product, acquiring, by a computer program on the computer product, upgrade software for the consumer product based on the predetermined information read from the non-volatile storage device;storing the upgrade software for the consumer product on the non-volatile storage device; and upon re-insertion of the non-volatile storage device into the consumer product, upgrading the software in the consumer product using the acquired upgrade software, wherein the non-volatile storage device comprises: a first non-volatile storage area for storing predetermined information regarding the consumer product;a second non-volatile storage area for storing a computer program used to acquire upgrade software for the consumer product using the predetermined information;a third non-volatile storage area for storing the upgrade software acquired using the computer program, wherein the third non-volatile storage area is a hidden non-volatile storage area hidden from a user during normal operation; anda fourth non-volatile storage area for storing user data.
地址 Eindhoven NL