Patent ID: 8271969
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, executed by a processor, of determining the state of a computing device comprising, determining at least one unique code associated with at least one file resident on the computing device, said at least one unique code representative of a state of the at least one file; determining at least one unique reference code associated with at least one reference file identical to at least one file that at least one update file is intended to update; determining that the computing device is in an expected state if said at least one unique code matches said at least one unique reference code thereby verifying that said at least one update file is intended to update said at least one file resident on the computing device, and when said computing device is in said expected state, triggering updating of the computing device by using at least one update file for updating said at least one file; and determining that the computing device is in an unexpected state if said at least one unique code does not match said at least one unique reference code thereby verifying that said at least one update file is not intended to update said at least one file resident on the computing device, and when said computing device is in said unexpected state preventing said triggering said updating of the computing device.