Method and configuration for transferring programs
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorLudwig Hofmann
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Abstract
A method for transferring programs to an electronic unit, in which the program to be transferred is stored on a plug-in device. The program is transferred to the electronic unit after the plug-in device has been inserted into the electronic unit, the transfer being controlled by a controller in the plug-in device. The method relates in particular to the loading of programs from a plug-in card with a SIM interface to a mobile radio terminal.
Claims6
A method for transferring programs to an electronic unit, which comprises:
- storing a program to be transferred on a plug-in device;
- transferring the program to the electronic unit after the plug-in device has been inserted into the electronic unit, the transfer being controlled by a controller of the plug-in device;
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- providing a non-volatile memory on the plug-in device, the non-volatile memory registering a number of transfers of the program to the electronic unit, and the transfer of the program is no longer permitted if a specific number of the transfers have been carried out.
A plug-in device for transferring a program to an electronic unit having an existing input/output interface, the plug-in device comprising:
- a plug-in device body configured for being inserted into the electronic unit;
- a memory for storing programs to be transferred to the electronic unit and disposed on said plug-in device body;
- a controller disposed on said plug-in device body for controlling a transfer of the programs to the electronic unit and for adapting the transfer to the existing input/output interface of the electronic unit after said plug-in device body has been inserted into said electronic unit;
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- a non-volatile memory connected to said controller and registering a number of transfers of a program wherein, a transfer of the program is no longer permitted if a specific number of transfers have been carried out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.