US 12,455,733 B2
Patching for cloud-based 5G networks
Steven Wilson, Englewood, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Wireless L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,368.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/338,145, filed on May 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0359453 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 2209/486 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated process for patching in a cloud-based environment, comprising:
creating a first maintenance window for execution at a first scheduled time, wherein the first maintenance window comprises a first target list of instances running in a first availability zone;
creating a second maintenance window for execution at a second scheduled time, wherein the second maintenance window comprises a second target list of instances running in a second availability zone;
invoking a patching function in response to the first maintenance window running at the first scheduled time, wherein the patching function is configured to retrieve a set of target instances by querying managed instances in response to detecting that the first target list is empty; and
creating, by the patching function, a task to run a patching executable to apply a patch to a first instance from the first target list during the first maintenance window.