A network-independent maintenance device for servicing autonomous devices , comprising: a housing; a tuner electrically connected with a satellite antenna , the tuner being internal to the housing and the satellite antenna being external to the housing; a communication interface located within the housing; one or more processors located within the housing; and one or more memories located within the housing and communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors , cause the one or more processors to: retrieve from the one or more memories , an identifier indicative of an autonomous device maintained by the network-independent maintenance device ; monitor a transponder stream of data received via the tuner for the identifier indicative of the autonomous device ; acquire an update linked with the identifier from the transponder stream of data received via the tuner ; cause the acquired update to be stored by the one or more memories at least until the autonomous device communicatively pairs with the network-independent maintenance device ; communicatively pair with the autonomous device using the communication interface ; and in response to having acquired the update linked with the identifier from the transponder stream of data and the autonomous device being communicatively paired with the network-independent maintenance device , transfer the acquired update to the autonomous device . a housing; a tuner electrically connected with a satellite antenna , the tuner being internal to the housing and the satellite antenna being external to the housing; a communication interface located within the housing; one or more processors located within the housing; and one or more memories located within the housing and communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors , cause the one or more processors to: retrieve from the one or more memories , an identifier indicative of an autonomous device maintained by the network-independent maintenance device ; monitor a transponder stream of data received via the tuner for the identifier indicative of the autonomous device ; acquire an update linked with the identifier from the transponder stream of data received via the tuner ; cause the acquired update to be stored by the one or more memories at least until the autonomous device communicatively pairs with the network-independent maintenance device ; communicatively pair with the autonomous device using the communication interface ; and in response to having acquired the update linked with the identifier from the transponder stream of data and the autonomous device being communicatively paired with the network-independent maintenance device , transfer the acquired update to the autonomous device . retrieve from the one or more memories , an identifier indicative of an autonomous device maintained by the network-independent maintenance device ; monitor a transponder stream of data received via the tuner for the identifier indicative of the autonomous device ; acquire an update linked with the identifier from the transponder stream of data received via the tuner ; cause the acquired update to be stored by the one or more memories at least until the autonomous device communicatively pairs with the network-independent maintenance device ; communicatively pair with the autonomous device using the communication interface ; and in response to having acquired the update linked with the identifier from the transponder stream of data and the autonomous device being communicatively paired with the network-independent maintenance device , transfer the acquired update to the autonomous device . <EOS>