Invention Grant
US08479190B2 Management system, management method, terminal device, management server and program
有权
管理系统，管理方法，终端设备，管理服务器和程序
- Patent Title: Management system, management method, terminal device, management server and program
- Patent Title (中): 管理系统，管理方法，终端设备，管理服务器和程序
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Application No.: US12014321Application Date: 2008-01-15
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Publication No.: US08479190B2Publication Date: 2013-07-02
- Inventor: Masahiro Sueyoshi , Yoshiaki Hirano
- Applicant: Masahiro Sueyoshi , Yoshiaki Hirano
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPP2007-012898 20070123
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44 ; G06F9/445 ; G06F15/173 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F11/30 ; G06F7/04 ; H04L29/06
Abstract:
There is provided a management system having a terminal device and a management server for managing terminal firmware of the terminal device. The terminal device includes: storing means storing the firmware to be capable of being updated by a user of the terminal device, and storing firmware version information to be incapable of being updated by the user; firmware updating means updating, on the basis of the version information, the firmware stored in the storing means with newer version firmware; and version information updating means updating the version information stored in the storing means with that of the updated firmware updated, and the management server includes: judging means judging, on the basis of the terminal firmware version information, a need or not to update the firmware; and transmitting means transmitting the newer version firmware to the terminal device if the firmware needs to be updated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080178171A1 Management System, Management Method, Terminal Device, Management Server and Program Public/Granted day:2008-07-24
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