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First Claim
1. An arrangement for storing a data set in an ECU in a vehicle control system when updating data of a vehicle in a workshop, wherein the arrangement comprises a computer constituting an update instrument of the workshop connected to the vehicle, where the computer is adapted to execute an access application comprising vehicle specific information and service action specific information, and where the information is encrypted, where the computer is adapted to decrypt the vehicle specific information and the service action specific information, to unlock the vehicle ECU by sending a password from the computer means to the ECU, to perform a service action by storing service action specific information in the ECU and to lock the ECU by sending a lock command to the ECU from the computer, wherein the arrangement is adapted to corrupt the access application software after the service action specific information is stored in the ECU and when a lock acknowledge message is received by the computer from the ECU such that it cannot be used again.
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Abstract
An arrangement for storing a data set in an ECU in a vehicle control system, wherein the arrangement includes a computer connected to the vehicle, where the computer is adapted to execute an access application, where the access application includes vehicle specific information and service action specific information, and where the information is encrypted, where the arrangement is adapted to decrypt the vehicle specific information and the service action specific information, to unlock the vehicle ECU by sending a password from the computer to the ECU, to perform a service action by storing service action specific information in the ECU, to lock the ECU by sending a lock command to the ECU from the computer, and to corrupt the access application software such that it cannot be used again.
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- 1. An arrangement for storing a data set in an ECU in a vehicle control system when updating data of a vehicle in a workshop, wherein the arrangement comprises a computer constituting an update instrument of the workshop connected to the vehicle, where the computer is adapted to execute an access application comprising vehicle specific information and service action specific information, and where the information is encrypted, where the computer is adapted to decrypt the vehicle specific information and the service action specific information, to unlock the vehicle ECU by sending a password from the computer means to the ECU, to perform a service action by storing service action specific information in the ECU and to lock the ECU by sending a lock command to the ECU from the computer, wherein the arrangement is adapted to corrupt the access application software after the service action specific information is stored in the ECU and when a lock acknowledge message is received by the computer from the ECU such that it cannot be used again.
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10. A method for storing a data set in an ECU in a vehicle control system, where the method is performed in a work shop, comprising:
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executing an access application on a computer in a work shop connected to the vehicle, where the access application comprises vehicle specific information and service action specific information, where the information is encrypted, decrypting the vehicle specific information and the service action specific information by the access application, unlocking the vehicle ECU by sending a password from the access application to the ECU, performing a service action by storing service action specific information in the ECU, locking the ECU by sending a lock command to the ECU from the access application, and corrupting the access application software such that it cannot be used again. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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