Patent ID: 8060873
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for remote programming of a device configured to be program-controlled, comprising: remotely transmitting program data from a control station via a long-distance connection to an interface connected to the device, wherein the program data include one or more check sums calculated from the program data; buffering the program data at the interface; checking the integrity of the program data by using the one or more check sums; if the program data is determined to be free of errors, remotely transmitting a legitimization from the control station to the interface, wherein the legitimization forms a security code associated with the device; assigning a validity period to the legitimization; forwarding the legitimization, unbuffered, to the device upon receiving the legitimization at the interface; checking, by the device, the legitimization for validity, wherein the checking includes checking of the validity period of the legitimization; and if the legitimization is determined to be valid, entering the program data into a memory of the device.