Disclosed herein is an electronic device network including a plurality of
electronic devices. The electronic devices may each have software adapted
to update firmware/software resident in the electronic device in
compressed form. The software adapted to update firmware/software may
also be adapted to employ the decompressed firmware/software components
in conjunction with additional update information in performing an update
on the electronic devices. An update generator in the electronic device
network may be adapted to employ compression and decompression techniques
upon generated updates for use in updating the electronic devices. The
update generator may also be adapted to generate update packages using
the decompressed update information. The update generator may also be
adapted to selectively compress the generated update packages usable for
updating the electronic devices prior to the update package being
transmitted to eth electronic device.