Patent ID: 9372791
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F,G09C,H04L

Claim Text:
1. Method for masking the end-of-life transition of an electronic device comprising a microprocessor, a random access memory, a read-only memory, a reprogrammable non-volatile memory containing an end-of-life state variable of the electronic device, said state variable being managed by a control module, and an input-output port, said method comprising the following steps: loading (A) the value (FdV checking (B) the value of said end-of-life state variable stored in random access memory (FdV continuing (D) the initialization and/or execution of the current command (COM) by the microprocessor of the electronic device; and, upon detection (E) of an intrusion attack: writing (F) said end-of-life state variable of the electronic device (FdV performing (G) a deletion only of the end-of-life state variable (FdV