Patent ID: 9575741
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method in a source electronic device, the method comprising: receiving software version information from a target electronic device; transmitting software version information of the source electronic device and the software version information of the target electronic device to a server; receiving, from the server, a notification that the source electronic device is permitted to upgrade the target electronic device; establishing a wireless connection with the target electronic device; transmitting software partition signature information of the source electronic device to the target electronic device; receiving, from the target electronic device, information regarding a software upgrade package that is needed by the target electronic device including needed partitions for performing software upgrade based on differences between software partition signatures of the source and the target device; generating, the software upgrade package based on the needed partitions at the source device; and wirelessly transmitting the software upgrade package to the target electronic device.