Patent ID: 11928454
Assignee: ORANGE
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 12:
13. A system comprising:
a set of at least one of an equipment for connection to a network the equipment comprising a firmware, a processor, and a communication module, the equipment configured to:
generate data regarding the connection of the equipment to the network over a predetermined period of time,
receive information relating to a time slot, specific to the equipment, for downloading a firmware update to the equipment,
receive information relating to an address of a download server for the purpose of downloading the firmware update,
send a request to download the firmware update to the download server associated with the received address,
receive, from the download server, firmware update download data, and
download the firmware update in the time slot specific to the equipment; and

a remote management server for remotely managing the set of at least one of the equipment for connection to the network in order to update a firmware of each equipment, the management server comprising a processor and configured to:
receive, from each equipment, data regarding the connection of the equipment to the network over a predetermined period of time,
determine a time slot, specific to each equipment, for updating the firmware, the time slot specific to an equipment being dependent at least on the data regarding the connection of the equipment,
transmit, to each equipment, information relating to the time slot specific to the equipment, and
transmit, to each equipment, information relating to an address of a download server for the purpose of downloading the firmware update to each equipment in the time slot specific to each equipment.