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Method for loading software

  • US 20040039500A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2003
  • Published: 02/26/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Method for loading software into a target appliance in a vehicle control system having a number of appliances, characterized by the following steps:

  • subdivision of the loading process for one or more software modules (m1, m2) into task elements, namely at least one monitoring appliance task, one update appliance task and one receiving appliance task, and assignment for carrying out the task elements to the target appliance (10;

    D1), to the appliances (20;

    40, D2) and/or to a control appliance (30) outside the vehicle control system, wherein the monitoring appliance task includes processing and passing on the control commands for the loading of the software module (m1) from outside the vehicle control system, the update appliance task includes controlling the loading of the software module (m1) between the target appliance (10, D1), the appliances (20;

    40, D2) and/or the control appliance (30), and the receiving appliance task includes provision of an interface for the software module (m1) which is to be loaded from outside the vehicle control system.

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