Patent ID: 7861021

Claim:
A method, comprising: maintaining a persistent storage in a device receiving unit that is configurable to receive one or more devices; receiving, in the device receiving unit, a first device that includes device specific information that identifies the first device, and also receiving, at the device receiving unit, a second device at the same time as the first device; determining, via first information exchange between the first device and the device receiving unit and via second information exchange between the second device and the device receiving unit, which of the first device and the second device has precedence; in response to determining, that the first device has precedence, starting updating of the persistent storage of the device receiving unit via the first device; in response to completion of the updating of the persistent storage of the device receiving unit by the first device, sending, by the device receiving unit, a proceed signal to the second device; and in response to the sending of the proceed signal to the second device, starting updating of the persistent storage of the device receiving unit via the second device, and in response to completion via the second device of the updating, sending a completion signal to the device receiving unit.