Dehghan David B

TL;DR: A hierarchical software update distribution system and method for distributing software updates is presented in this paper, where each update service node has at least one parent node and at least two child nodes.

TL;DR: A tag-based structure for communicating software update metadata information to client computers and to update service nodes is presented in this article, where an update metadata file includes an identifier tag including a software update identifier that uniquely identifies the software update; zero or more general properties tags that carry general property information relating the software updates; zero, more localized properties tags, which carry localized property information organized according to language; zero relationship tags that identify dependency relationships the current software update, as described in the update metadata, has with other software updates.

TL;DR: In this article, a universal smart interface and peripheral management system for portable devices such as mobile phones is presented, which includes a connector interface that connects peripherals to a phone and/or personal digital assistant (PDA), through the smart system.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a universal passive interface for connecting external systems to smart devices such as cell phones and PDAs, which includes a cradle for receiving a compatible smart device that connects the functionality of the smart device to a wide variety of external systems (e.g., printers, large display, input devices, etc.).

TL;DR: An application programming interface (API) for administering the distribution of software updates on an update service node is presented in this paper, which provides a plurality of interface calls through which an administrator can establish rules by which software updates available to the update service nodes are distributed.