Patent ID: 9015698
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for hosting a safety critical application on an uncontrolled data processing device, the method comprising: installing a safety critical application (SCA) on an uncontrolled data processing device (UDPD), executing, a test harness application, to determine whether the SCA is installed properly and functioning properly on the UDPD; permitting, with the test harness application, all features of the SCA to operate on the UDPD upon verification that the SCA installed properly and functions properly on the UDPD; and preventing, with the test harness application, certain features of the SCA from operating on the UDPD upon verification that the SCA is not installed properly or does not function properly on the UDPD, wherein the preventing comprises disabling safety critical features of the SCA from being executed on the UDPD and enabling non-safety critical features of the SCA to be executed on the UDPD.