Installation of a compiled program, particularly in a chip card

• US 20050183081A1
• Filed: 10/21/2002
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gemplus (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Gemplus (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Requet, Antoine, Burdy, Lilian, DeVille, Damien, Casset, Ludovic
• Application Number:
  US10/491,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20050183081A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

The invention relates to the installation of a compiled program, particularly in a chip card. In order to reduce the storage location of a compiled program (PGC) to be installed in a data processing device, such as a chip card (CP), installation information detected in the compiled program, which is also necessary for the installation of other programs in the device and which is only necessary for the installation of the compiled program respectively, is reformulated in first and second additional components (CAD1, CAD2). The compiled program is installed (C3, C4) and, in particular, checked according to pre-determined information in the additional components (CAD1, CAD2) in the device. The second additional component (CAD2) can then be deleted (C5) prior to the running of the compiled program.

Claims

1. A method for installing a program consisting of several components and compiled outside a data processing device in order to be run in the latter is wherein it comprises the steps of:

detecting outside the data processing device predetermined installation information in the components of the compiled program,

constructing first and second additional components containing predetermined information detected respectively which are reformulated and also necessary to the installation of other programs in the data processing device and which are reformulated and are necessary only for the installation of the said compiled program,

loading from the outside the compiled program and the first and second additional components in the data processing device, and

installing the compiled program loaded depending on the predetermined information reformulated in the first and second additional components.

2. A method according to claim 1, comprising a step of deleting the second additional component in the data processing device prior to any running of the compiled program.

3. A method according to claim 1, according to which the predetermined information in the compiled program is not partly stored.

4. A method according to claim 1, comprising a recognition of the first and second additional components in the data processing device in order to store only the compiled program loaded and not to store the additional components if the latter are not recognised by the data processing device, and to store the compiled program without the predetermined information detected but with the additional components if the latter are recognised by the data processing device.

5. A method according to claim 1, according to which the predetermined information detected relates to the format and typologisation of the compiled program, and the installing step comprises a step of checking the format of the compiled program loaded and a step of checking the typologisation of the compiled program loaded depending on the reformulated predetermined information.

6. A method according to claim 1, according to which the predetermined information to be detected is included in a specific component of the compiled program.

7. A method according to claim 1, according to which the data processing device is a portable electronic object of the chip card type.