Patent ID: 8751707

Claim:
A connecting module for connecting at least one appliance to a network, comprising: at least one first interface for connecting the at least one appliance; at least one second interface for connecting the network, and a computation appliance for executing a computer program, wherein one portion of the computer program is prescribed and only a second portion of the computer program is freely programmable by a manufacturer of the at least one appliance; characterized in that the network is a service-oriented architecture, termed SOA network, wherein a functionality of the at least one appliance is mapped as a service in the SOA network, and programming by the manufacturer is for customization of a piece of firmware which is present on the at least one appliance without any knowledge about SOA, a statefulness of the appliance, a statelessness of the service in the SOA environment of the SOA network and allowance for the service, in order to maintain security of the appliance.