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US010430263B2 (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 ,430 , 263 B2 Polar Seminario (45 ) Date of Patent : Oct. 1 , 2019 ( 54 ) DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ( 56 ) References Cited VALIDATING AND UPGRADING FIRMWARE IN INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS (71 ) Applicant: Electro Industries /Gauge Tech , 2 ,883 , 255 A 4 / 1959 Anderson Westbury , NY (US ) 2 , 987 , 704 A 6 / 1961 Gimpel et al . ( Continued ) ( 72 ) Inventor: Jorge A . Polar Seminario , Westbury, NY (US ) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73 ) Assignee : Electro Industries /Gauge Tech , CN 101799681 A 8 /2010 Westbury, NY (US ) WO 2009044369 A2 4 / 2009 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U . S . C . 154 ( b ) by 59 days. Microsoft TechNet , Using DNS Servers with DHCP, Jan . 21, 2005 , Accessed from https: // technet. microsoft . com / en -us / library / ( 21 ) Appl. No. : 15 /421 , 573 cc787034 on Jun . 9 , 2015 ; pp . 1 - 4 . (22 ) Filed : Feb . 1, 2017 (Continued ) Primary Examiner — Charles Ehne (65 ) Prior Publication Data (74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Gerald E . Hespos ; US 2017/ 0220404 A1 Aug . 3 , 2017 Michael J . Porco ; Matthew T . Hespos Related U . S . Application Data (57 ) ABSTRACT (60 ) Provisional application No . 62 /289 , 440 , filed on Feb . Apparatuses , systems, and method for validating and 1 , 2016 . upgrading firmware in an intelligent electronic device ( IED ) (51 ) Int. Ci. are provided. In one aspect of the present disclosure , an IED G06F 11 /00 ( 2006 . 01 ) is provided including at least one processor and at least one GO6F 11/ 07 (2006 .
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