Patent ID: 7747994
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system that facilitates the updating of firmware in an electronic device, using updating information, received through a network, the system comprising: at least one electronic device comprising at least one of firmware and software; a generator that generates updating information for the at least one of firmware and software, wherein the generator represents integer values using a variably-sized group of bits to enhance compression of the generated updating information, wherein the variably-sized group of bits has a default size having a plurality of default illegal represented integer values that are otherwise never encountered, and wherein the default size is extended when the value of the variably-sized group of bits of the default size is one of the default illegal represented integer values; and wherein the electronic device is capable of employing the updating information that is generated by the generator, and wherein a size of the extension depends on the default illegal represented integer value of the plurality of default illegal represented integer values.