Patent ID: 8769525
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of operating a networked firmware management system, comprising: receiving, in a server, one or more firmware target specifications from one or more target devices, the firmware target specifications each identifying a firmware target in the target device, wherein the firmware target specification comprises a file name specification; receiving from the one or more target devices, in a server, one or more firmware target specifications from one or more attached devices networked to the one or more target devices; storing the one or more received firmware target specifications in the server, associated with the one or more firmware targets in the target device, wherein the server includes a device file name specification table, which stores file name specifications and corresponding target devices and corresponding firmware targets, wherein the file name specifications, the corresponding target devices and the corresponding firmware targets are distinct, wherein the one or more received firmware target specifications are stored in the device file name specification table; receiving a firmware update in the server; matching a firmware attribute of the received firmware update against the one or more firmware target specifications stored in the server from the one or more target devices or the one or more attached devices; sending the received firmware update to any firmware targets in the target device or the one or more attached devices having a firmware target specification that matches the received firmware update attribute.