Patent ID: 7480907
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system that supports deployment of updating information used for the updating of firmware in an electronic device, through a network, the system comprising: a generator for generating updating information using two versions of the firmware; storage having database software for storing the updating information and an associated lifecycle state value that holds one of a plurality of values representing states in a lifecycle of the updating information, the plurality of values comprising at least a value assigned to new updating information that has not been successfully tested for use in the electronic device; a user interface at least for managing the generation, distribution, and storage of the updating information and for one or both of assigning and/or checking the lifecycle state value associated with stored updating information; and wherein the lifecycle state value associated with the stored updating information is accessed to determine permissible deployment of the updating information by the system, wherein the deployment of the updating information by the system is restricted when the lifecycle state value is set at the value assigned to new updating information that has not been successfully tested for use in the electronic device.