Method of storing instructions in program memory and associated system
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS
InventorJean-Louis Labyre
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a system includes a contactless reader and an apparatus. The apparatus includes a contactless transponder including a contactless interface and a transponder wired interface and being configured to communicate with a contactless reader according to a contactless protocol through the contactless interface. The apparatus includes a bus coupled to the transponder wired interface, and at least one module coupled to the bus, the at least one module including a processing circuit, the contactless reader being configured to communicate instructions of a software program executable by the processing circuit to the at least one module through the contactless transponder.
Claims30
A system comprising:
- a contactless reader;
- and
- an apparatus including
- a contactless transponder including a contactless interface and a transponder wired interface and being configured to communicate with a contactless reader according to a contactless protocol through the contactless interface,
- a bus coupled to the transponder wired interface, and
- at least one module coupled to the bus, the at least one module including a processing circuit, the contactless reader being configured to communicate instructions of a software program executable by the processing circuit to the at least one module through the contactless transponder.
An apparatus including:
- a contactless transponder including a contactless interface and a transponder wired interface and being configured to communicate with a contactless reader according to a contactless protocol through the contactless interface;
- a bus coupled to the transponder wired interface;
- and
- at least one module coupled to the bus, the at least one module including a processing circuit, the at least one module being configured to receive instructions of a software program executable by the processing circuit through the contactless transponder.
A method for storing software program instructions in memory of at least one module having a processing circuit, the method comprising:
- providing a transponder including a contactless interface and a transponder wired interface;
- coupling a bus between the transponder wired interface and the at least one module;
- having a reader communicate the software program instructions to the transponder through the contactless interface according to a contactless protocol;
- and
- having the transponder communicate the software program instructions on the bus to the at least one module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.