A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A SOFTWARE UPGRADE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER

A method, computer program product, and data processing system for performing a software upgrade on an electronic device connected to a computer. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for upgrading device software on an electronic device connected to a computer through a communications protocol, the computer being connected to a central repository of device software over a communications network, the method comprising: displaying a web page including a scripting language within an Internet browser on the computer, the Internet browser including a scripting engine for executing the scripting language; providing a scripting-language capable device controller for interfacing communications between the scripting engine and the electronic device in accordance with the communications protocol connecting the computer and electronic device; receiving by the Internet browser of a request to install device software onto the electronic device via a user interface element of the web page; receiving by the scripting--language capable device controller of device attribute information from the electronic device through the communications protocol in response to the request; sending the device attribute information from the scripting-language capable device controller to the scripting engine of the Internet browser; sending the device attribute information from the Internet browser; when an upgrade is available, receiving upgrade software for the electronic device in response to the sending the device attribute information, and upgrading device software on the electronic device using the upgrade software using the communications protocol connecting the computer and electronic device. Une méthode, un produit de programme informatique et un système de traitement de données servent à exécuter une mise à niveau logicielle sur un dispositif électronique raccordé à un ordinateur. Conformément à une réalisation, une méthode est présentée pour la mise à niveau logicielle d'un dispositif sur un dispositif électronique raccordé à un ordinateur par un protocole de communication, l'ordinateur étant relié à un lieu de dépôt central d'un logiciel de dispositif sur un réseau de communication, la méthode comprenant les étapes suivantes : afficher une page web comprenant un langage script dans un navigateur Internet sur l'ordinateur, le navigateur Internet comprenant un moteur script servant à exécuter le langage script; fournir un contrôleur de dispositif lisant l