Patent ID: 8984346
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically reloading software, comprising: detecting, by a programmable device on board an aircraft, corruption of at least a part of a software package of the programmable device on board the aircraft; automatically reloading, in response to detecting corruption, a non-corrupt version of the at least one corrupt part of the software in order to replace the at least one corrupt part of the software; and delaying the reloading of the software until a time when the aircraft in which the programmable device is carried enters an operational phase in which software loading is authorized, the operational phase during which software loading is authorized being determined according to at least one of a position of the aircraft in relation to the ground, a speed of the aircraft, a state of engines of the aircraft, and a refueling state of the aircraft.