ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,443, issued on May 26, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Software updating device" was invented by Jairo Lopez (Tokyo), Hidetoshi Teraoka (Tokyo), Yuki Horita (Tokyo) and Mikio Kataoka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention makes it possible to identify software that is safe and determines what software can be rolled back while maintaining a high level of safety and security. A software updating device E1000 includes: software unit storage E1520 that stores a plurality of software units UX000 that include label information UX400; and an update control unit E1400 that controls software upda...