Method for Operating an Installation Using Data Protected Against Unauthorized Use
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJorge Cuellar, Hans-Georg Köpken, Matthias Lenord, Monika Maidl
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Abstract
A method and a device for operating a technical installation using data from a third party are provided, the data being protected against unauthorized use. A first and a second rights object are used for protecting the data, the first rights object specifying an authorized use of the data with a variable not defined in respect of its value and the second rights object defining a value for the variable.
Claims12
1-9. (canceled)
A method for operating a technical installation using data provided by a third party, the date being protected against unauthorized use, comprising:
- providing a first rights object and a second rights object for protecting the data, the rights objects either including the data or being encompassed by the data, or the rights objects being transferred independently from the data by or via the third party;
- specifying an authorized use of the data by the first rights object with a variable without defining a value of the variable;
- and
- defining a value for the variable by the second rights object.
A device for executing a method for operating a technical installation using data provided by a third party, the data being protected against unauthorized use, the device comprising:
- receiving functionality for receiving rights objects;
- processing functionality for evaluating and processing received rights objects,
- wherein the processing functionality, after receipt of a first rights object including a variable and after receipt of a second rights object belonging to the first rights object, combines information encompassed by the two rights objects and generates a derived rights object.
A computer readable medium storing a computer program for executing a method for operating a technical installation using data provided by a third party and protected against unauthorized use, the method comprising:
- providing a first rights object and a second rights object for protecting the data, the rights objects either including the data or being encompassed by the data, or the rights objects being transferred independently from the data by or via the third party;
- specifying an authorized use of the data by the first rights object with a variable without defining a value of the variable;
- and
- defining a value for the variable by the second rights object.
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