METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING SOFTWARE UPDATES ON A NETWORK CONNECTED DEVICE

A method at a device to be updated, the method comprising: receiving, at the device to be updated, a software update download; receiving, using a user interface at the device to be updated, a physical authentication interaction to allow the device to enter an updated state; sending to a computing de...

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Hauptverfasser: QADERI, Hashim Mohammad, HUTCHENS, Scott, INGLIS, David Alan, WILLIS, Edward Snow
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method at a device to be updated, the method comprising: receiving, at the device to be updated, a software update download; receiving, using a user interface at the device to be updated, a physical authentication interaction to allow the device to enter an updated state; sending to a computing device acting as a switchboard a connection request to connect the device to the computing device and information indicating that update conditions have been met; receiving, from the computing device, instructions to install the software update download; and in response to the instructions, initiating an installation process to install the software update download.