AUTOMATIC SOFTWARE UPDATE DETECTION AND FLEXIBLE INSTALLER FOR SET-TOP BOXES

Patent №

US 8,347,281

Granted

2013-01-01

Filed 2010

Owner

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

+1 more

Lab

AI components

1

evo

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12686219

A method and apparatus for updating set top box software from a resident software version stored in a memory of the set-top box to a current software version is disclosed. The method comprises the step of automatically checking to determine if the resident software version is the current software version, and downloading data comprising at least a portion of the current software version if the resident software version is not the current software version.

Evolutionary computationG06F 8/65H04N 21/42692H04N 21/4432H04N 21/818

AI classification

Evolutionary computation0.80
AI hardware0.07
Knowledge representation0.02
Natural language0.02
Vision0.00
Planning0.00
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.

assignment · 290320246

DIRECTV, LLC

assignment · 570330451

Assignors

ARSENAULT, ROBERT G., JIJINA, ASPANDYAR M.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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