Abstract: An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory. The information handling system may be configured to receive a request to upgrade a component from a first version to a second version; perform a first check by determining if allowed source release (ASR) information of the second version includes a reference to the first version; perform a second check by determining if allowed target release (ATR) information of the first version includes a reference to the second version; and in response to either of the first check and the second check being successful, perform the component upgrade.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for controlling a television. The method comprises the following steps: receiving, by television equipment, a control instruction that is sent from mobile equipment after the television equipment and the mobile equipment establish a connection; transferring the control instruction to a command interpreter according to a system commissioning assembly; sending, by the command interpreter, a control command to an operating system; and controlling a currently running application by means of the control instruction that is received by the operating system, so as to bypass a signature of the system and thereby to realize the control on the television equipment by means of the mobile equipment.