# US 2020/0401484 A1 · Backing Up a Software Update of a Control Device of Transport Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401484 A1 - Document ID: US20200401484A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/762,968 - Filed: 2018-12-19 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-11 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Marion HACKL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401484A1 ## CPC - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - G06F 11/1433: {during software upgrading} - B60R 16/0231: {Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle (monitoring tyres B60C23/00; indicating overspeed B60K31/00; for dash boards B60K37/00, B60Q3/10; for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52; brake control systems B60T; registering or indicating the working of vehicles G07C5/00; measuring distance G01C, e.g. combinations of speed and distance G01C23/00; engine indicators G01L; measuring speed or acceleration G01P)} - G06F 8/654: using techniques specially adapted for alterable solid state memories, e.g. for EEPROM or flash memories - G06F 16/245: Query processing - G06F 2201/805: Real-time - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A transport vehicle, a server, and a method for backing up a software update of a control device of the transport vehicle are provided. The method includes the steps: transmitting a first data set representing a current software version of the control device by the transport vehicle to a server, storing the first data set in the server; determining that a software update of the control device must occur; generating a second data set representing a target software version of the control device as a function of the first data set by the server; and transmitting the first data set and the second data set and a software package for updating the control device according to the second data set from the server to the transport vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -11. (canceled) ### Claim 12 A method for backing up a software update of a control device of a transport vehicle, comprising the steps of: transmitting a first data set representing a current software version of the control device by the transport vehicle to a server; storing the first data set in the server; ascertaining that a software update of the control device must be conducted; generating a second data set representing a target software version of the control device based on the first data set by the server; and transmitting the first data set, the second data set and a software packet for updating the control device in accordance with the second data set from the server to the transport vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the first data set comprises a hash value for an installed-control-device table (SVT) in the server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the step of ascertaining that a software update of the control device must be conducted is carried out by way of the SVT or in the server. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of: executing a cyclical redundancy check as regards at least one of: i. the first data set, ii. the second data set, and iii. the software packet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising the steps of: storing the first data set and the second data set by the control device; and flashing a number of further control devices of the transport vehicle by the control device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of: querying current software versions of the further control devices flashed by the control device and, depending on responses from the further control devices, generating a third data set representing an actual software version of the control device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of: generating a hash value for the third data set; and transmitting a respective hash value for: the first data set, the second data set, and the third data set, to a second control device in the form of a body domain controller of the transport vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of: checking, by the second control device, the received data sets in order to determine whether one is classified as “old” and/or one is classified as “target” and/or one is classified as “uncertain”. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method according to claim 19, further comprising the steps of: determining, provided the check of the data sets is successful, that the software packet was successfully received; and otherwise preventing the transport vehicle from continuing a journey. ### Claim 21 A method for backing up a software update of a control device of a transport vehicle, comprising the steps of: receiving, by a server, a first data set representing a current software version of the control device transmitted by the transport vehicle; storing the first data set in the server; ascertaining that a software update of the control device must be conducted; generating a second data set representing a target software version of the control device based on the first data set by the server; and transmitting the first data set, the second data set and a software packet for updating the control device in accordance with the second data set from the server to the transport vehicle. ### Claim 22 A transport vehicle comprising: a control device; and a transmit/receive device, wherein the transmit/receive device is arranged to: transmit a first data set representing a current software version of the control device to a server; and receive the first data set, a second data set and a software packet for updating the control device in accordance with the second data set from the server. ### Claim 23 A server for backing up a software update of a control device of a transport vehicle, comprising: an evaluation unit; a storage device; and a transmit/receive device, wherein: (i) the transmit/receive device is arranged to: receive a first data set representing a current software version of the control device from the transport vehicle, and (ii) the evaluation unit is arranged to: store the first data set in the storage device; ascertain that a software update of the control device must be conducted; and generate a second data set representing a target software version of the control device based on the first data set; and the transmit/receive device is further arranged to: transmit the first data set, the second data set and a software packet for updating the control device in accordance with the second data set to the transport vehicle.