Sony patents self-checking software for consumer electronics
Sony describes a system where a device runs internal checks to find problems and sends the results to a server. The server then tells the device what steps to take to fix the issue automatically.
In the filing’s own words
In one example, a client device may include a processor system and storage accessible to the processor system. The storage may include instructions executable by the processor system to, responsive to a trigger, execute one or more self-diagnostic algorithms at the client device to assess one or more aspects of the client device. The instructions may also be executable to, based on execution of the one or more self-diagnostic algorithms, generate a report indicating one or more results of the one or more self-diagnostic algorithms. The instructions may then be executable to communicate with a server to provide the report to the server and to determine one or more corrective actions to be performed at the client device to address an issue indicated in the report. The instructions may be further executable to perform the one or more corrective actions at the client device to address the issue.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A first client device, comprising: a processor system; and storage accessible to the processor system and comprising instructions executable by the processor system to: responsive to a trigger, execute one or more self-diagnostic algorithms at a second client device to assess one or more aspects of the second client device; based on execution of the one or more self-diagnostic algorithms, generate a report indicating one or more results of the one or more self-diagnostic algorithms; communicate with a server to provide the report to the server and to determine one or more corrective actions to be performed at the second client device to address an issue indicated in the report; and perform the one or more corrective actions to address the issue.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- AI SELF-DIAGNOSTICS FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DEVICES
- Publication number
- US20260277730A1
- Application number
- 19079944
- Filed
- Mar 14, 2025
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 11/0793 Physics & computingG06F 11/0769 Physics & computingH04L 41/5074 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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