BlackBerry Limited
Method and system for hardware identification and software update control

Abstract:

A method at a domain controller for software update control, the method including receiving, at the domain controller, a software update package; verifying, at the domain controller, a source of the software update package; unbundling the software update package into at least one software update, each of the at least one software update being destined for a control unit managed by the domain controller; signing each of the at least one software update; and forwarding each signed software update to the control unit for which the software update is destined.