Method and apparatus for transferring software modules
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for transferring software modules for target units on board a mobile apparatus, preferably a vehicle or means of transport. A mobile memory device, for example CDs, stores information regarding which software modules are approved for which types of target units on the mobile apparatuses. This information is compared, prior to transfer, with the configuration of the mobile apparatus. As a result, the method permits increased process certainty. The method can be carried out for transfer both with and without a connection between a mobile apparatus and a central configuration management system or documentation system.
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24 Claims
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13. A method for transferring software modules for target units which are fitted in a target apparatus, wherein the software modules are stored in a memory device, unit-type identifiers are stipulated for the target units, software-type identifiers are stipulated for the software modules, a data link is set up at least intermittently between the memory device and the target apparatus for the purpose of transferring software modules, and the unit-type identifiers and software-type identifiers are used to decide which of the software modules are transferred, the method comprising:
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prescribing approval stipulations which use the unit-type identifiers and software-type identifiers to stipulate which software modules are approved for which target-unit types;
establishing the type of at least one target unit actually fitted at the time of the transfer;
checking at least one stored software module to determine whether the software module is approved for the type of the target unit which is actually fitted; and
transferring the software modules recognized as approved from the memory device to the target apparatus, wherein the target apparatus is a mobile apparatus including a vehicle or other mode of transportation, and the memory device is a mobile memory device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for transferring software modules for target units which are fitted in a target apparatus comprising:
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a reader for reading in software modules and approval stipulations from a mobile memory device, the approval stipulations using type identifiers for target units and for software modules to stipulate which of the software modules are approved for which target-unit types;
a control device for controlling the transmission of software modules from the mobile memory device to the mobile apparatus, a device for ascertaining unit-type identifiers for actually fitted target units; and
a device for checking which software modules are approved for which target units actually fitted on board the mobile apparatus, the checking device comprising means for evaluating the approval stipulations.
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