Wilson Y Yeung

US Patent:

20030078959, Apr 24, 2003

Filed:

Oct 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/978710

Inventors:

Wilson Yeung - Oakland CA, US
Paul Kennedy - San Mateo CA, US
Phillip Liu - Palo Alto CA, US
Tony Dahbura - Centreville VA, US

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709/201000, 709/200000, 709/202000

Abstract:

A tool for the deployment of software onto servers and other network resources provides a mechanism for parties that do not manage the operation of the servers to deploy new software. The new software is uploaded into an update directory, and a cut-over process is carried out whereby the contents of a live directory, where the currently-executing version of the software is stored, is synchronized with the update directory. Prior to this synchronization, the current state of the live directory is stored in a rollback directory. After the cut-over process, the live directory of the server becomes the source for deployment of the software to update directories in other servers. If the new version of the software is not operating to satisfaction, the information in the rollback directory is used to return the server to the prior version of the software while the new software is being revised.

US Patent:

20130104119, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/279866

Inventors:

Brian Matsuo - Los Altos CA, US
Wilson Yeung - San Mateo CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717173

Abstract:

A computer-implemented system and method for updating an electronic device. One method includes obtaining a binary patch for a binary image being executed by the device, generating a plurality of independent packets based on the binary patch to be applied by the device to the binary image to generate a portion of a patched binary image, wherein the packets are streamed to the device over at least one network. An electronic device executing a binary image is also provided, which includes an input/output interface configured to receive a stream of independent binary patch packets from at least one server that are generated by the server based on a binary patch, and a processor configured to apply each packet to the binary image to generate a portion of a patched binary image and, when the processor has applied each of the packet, replace the binary image with the patched binary image.